One mark of good verse is surprise
History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.
Hymns are the poetry of the people.
On out deathbeds we're not going to regret all the work we didn't do. We're going to regret all the sex we didn't have!
I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.
Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.