All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

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.

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.

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 the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle.

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

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.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.