The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Quote by Robert Frost

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I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

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...

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with...

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with...

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

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

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

I always entertain great hopes.

I always entertain great hopes.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

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...

Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever...

Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever...

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the...

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the...

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...

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.

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...

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

To be social is to be forgiving.

To be social is to be forgiving.

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

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...

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...