No poem is worth anything unless it starts from a poetic trance, out of which you can be wakened by interruption as from a dream. In fact, it is the ….

We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and Germ….

The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you Shine like an early d….

I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abro….

I revise the manuscript till I can't read it any longer, then I get somebody to type it. Then I revise the typing. Then it's retyped again. Then ther….

But give thanks, at least, that you still have Frost's poems; and when you feel the need of solitude, retreat to the companionship of moon, water, hi….

Poetry began in the matriarchal age, and derives its magic from the moon, not from the sun. No poet can hope to understand the nature of poetry unles….

The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to wr….

Love is universal migraine, A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason. Symptoms of true love Are leanness, jealousy, Laggard dawns; Are omens ….

Love at first sight'some say misnaming Discovery of twinned helplessness Against the huge tug of procreation. But friendship at first sight? This als….

A banker warned the British poet Robert Graves that one could not grow rich writing poetry. He replied that if there was no money in poetry, there wa….

As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned..

There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader's atten….

Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out..

The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again..

Poet, never chase the dream. Laugh yourself and turn away. Mask your hunger, let it seem Small matter if he come or stay; But when he nestles in your….

Kaisers and Czars will strut the stage Once more with pomp and greed and rage; Courtly ministers will stop At home and fight to the last drop; By the….

Take your delight in momentariness, Walk between dark and dark a shining space With the grave 's narrowness, though not its peace..

For words of rapture groping, they"Never such love," swore "ever before was!".

If I were a young man With my bones full of marrow, Oh, if I were a bold young man Straight as an arrow, I'd store up no virtue For Heaven's distant ….

Strawberries that in gardens grow Are plump and juicy fine, But sweeter far as wise men know Spring from the woodland vine. No need for bowl ….