"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."
"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."