I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.

Quote by Robert Frost

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I go to school - to youth - to learn the future

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being...

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being...

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Freedom lies in being bold.

The artist in me cries out for design.

The artist in me cries out for design.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of...

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in...

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept...

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting.

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting.

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

To be social is to be forgiving

To be social is to be forgiving

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is...

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is...

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.