If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call read more

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

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.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production read more

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind .

The finest poetry was first experience.

The finest poetry was first experience.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.