I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if the women don't get you then the whiskey must.
There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds.
Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots; they walk off proud; they can't hear you calling. Look out how you use proud words.