The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.

The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.

When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.