Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

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

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

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.

Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.