The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

Quote by Robert Frost

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Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

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...

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

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

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they...

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they...

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...

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...

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

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

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

What we live by we die by.

What we live by we die by.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized...

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized...

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying....

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying....

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

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

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.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

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...

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...

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles...

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles...

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

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