Of all crimes the worst Is to steal the glory From the great and brave, Even more accursed Than to rob the grave..

The style is the man. Rather say the style is the way the man takes himself; and to be at all charming or even bearable, the way is almost rigidly pr….

... War is for everyone, for children too. I wasn't going to tell you and I mustn't. The best way is to come uphill with me And have our fire and lau….

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep..

But he had gone his way, the grass all mown, And I must be, as he had been - alone, As all must be, I said within my heart, Whether they work togethe….

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting..

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader..

When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I'd waste my l….

I'd like to get away from earth awhile / And then come back to it and begin over..

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat..

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel..

In heaven we are all ghostwriters, if we write at all..

Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain..

... A nation has to take its natural course Of Progress round and round in circles From King to Mob to King to Mob to King Until the eddy of it eddie….

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on..

Sentences are not different enough to hold the attention unless they are dramatic. No ingenuity of varying structure will do. All that can save them ….

For I thought Epicurus and Lucretius By Nature meant the Whole Goddam Machinery..

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves..

You've got to be brave and you've got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discrimination, what's right and what's wrong, what's ….

Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law..

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world..