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

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I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

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

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.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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

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

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...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

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...

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.

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

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

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.