The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may read more

The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may hold it a long time, or a short time, but it is then that he must strike it or never. School and college have been conducted with the almost express purpose of keeping him busy with something else till the danger of his ever creating anything is past.

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love read more

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

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

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