I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

Quote by Marianne Moore

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You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.