Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.

Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.

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

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

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.