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It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem.

The finest poetry was first experience.

Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea; A precious jewel carved most curiously; It is a little picture painted well. What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the tear that fell From a great poet's hidden ecstasy; A two-edged sword, a star, a song--ah me! Sometimes a heavy tolling funeral bell.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

Of trees I am the fig.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.