Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in
their best order.

Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in
their best order.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

The finest poetry was first experience.

The finest poetry was first experience.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.

In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.