The finest poetry was first experience.

The finest poetry was first experience.

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

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

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.