We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
A way of using words to say things which could not possibly be said in any other way, things which in a sense do not exist till they are born … in poetry.
The poetic myths are dead; and the poetic image, which is the myth of the individual, reigns in their stead.
There's a kind of release And a kind of torment in every goodbye for every man.
A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen.
Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit.