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

Create and stir other people to create..

And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope..

Haven't you heard, though, About the ships where war has found them out At sea, about the towns where war has come Through opening clouds at night wi….

So when at times the mob is swayed To carry praise or blame too far, We may choose something like a star To stay our minds on and be staid..

Summary riposte To the dreary wail There's no knowing what Love is all about. Poets know a lot..

I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more..

The Vermont mountains stretch extended straight; New Hampshire mountains curl up in a coil..

Nothing gold can stay..

I could give all to Time except--except What I myself have held..

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod b….

God made a beauteous garden With lovely flowers strown, But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown. And to this beauteous garden He brou….

The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition..

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor..

A poem begins with a lump in the throat.

The only way around is through..

We ran as if to meet the moon..

I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over th….

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them..

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married..

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane..