Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Quote by Robert Frost

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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

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are...

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are...

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness,...

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness,...

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the...

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the...

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

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.

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...

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...

You can't get too much winter in the winter.

You can't get too much winter in the winter.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nothing Gold Can Stay

I am glad the invitation pleases your family. It will please my family to the...

I am glad the invitation pleases your family. It will please my family to the...

Education is hanging around until you've caught on.

Education is hanging around until you've caught on.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make...

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make...

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.