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

We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle and knows

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat

Poetry is what gets lost in translation

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

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

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness

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

Writing a poem is discovering