poetry
“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
“The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,”
“There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.”
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat.”
“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.”
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.”
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
“Teach us to care and not to care / Teach us to sit still.”
“I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker.”
“Where is the Life we have lost in living?”
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
“For last year's words belong to last year's language / And next year's words await another voice.”
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
“Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow.”
“This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.”
“Do I dare disturb the universe?”
“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”
“Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.”