As I was going up the stair I met a man who wan't there He wasn't there again today Oh I wish he'd go away!

- William Hughes Mearns

You have something to say. Something of your very own. Try to say it. Don't be ashamed of any real thought or feeling you have. Don't undervalue it. …

- William Hughes Mearns

Writing is an outward expression of instinctive insight that must be summoned from the vastly deep of our mysterious selves. Therefore, it cannot be …

- William Hughes Mearns

Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

- William Hughes Mearns

As I was sitting in my chair, I knew the bottom wasn't there, Nor legs nor back, but I just sat, Ignoring little things like that.

- William Hughes Mearns