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

Quote by Robert Frost

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Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

I always entertain great hopes.

I always entertain great hopes.

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.

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

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

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and...

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and...

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative...

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative...

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in...

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

What we live by we die by.

What we live by we die by.