Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
The shovel is the brother to the gun.
If I added to their pride of America, I am happy.
I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.
When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.