Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud-Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Our desire to say more grows bigger and what to say about it, except that saying is not always about saying, growing is not always about growing.
Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer.
Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late.
Sound unbound by nature becomes bounded by art.
i want to be in love with youthe same wayi am in love with the moonwith the lightshiningout of its soul.
Great poets are great copy editors.
We have conversations with each other most nights - Sylvia Plath and me!
I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.
A Poet never denies creativity entrance.
When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety.When great trees fallin forests,small things recoil int...
As I read you I fell in love with the holes between your words and I loved you most on the days you could not love yourself.
The birds are in their trees,the toast is in the toaster,and the poets are at their windows.[...]The proofreaders are playing the ping-ponggame of proofreading,glancing back and forth from page to pag...
The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read the.
Most joyful let the Poet be it is through him that all men see.
Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.
The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet...
The older poets were Ethelbert Miller, Kenneth Carroll, Brian Gilmore. It is important that I tell you their names, that you know that I have never achieved anything alone.
When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.
People wonder at the romantic lives of poets and artists, but they should rather wonder at their gift of expression. The occurrences which pass unnoticed in the life of the average man in the existenc...
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