Reading Someones Poetry Is Like Seeing Them Naked

“Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.”

“The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play utters oracles, & knows not that they are such. 'Tis as easy as breath. 'Tis like this gravity, which holds the Universe together, & none knows what it is.”

“To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor”

“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.”

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”

“All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.”