Taking the question in general, I should say, in the case of many poets, that the most important thing for them to do ... is to write as little as possible

There are three conditions which often look alike Yet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow: Attachment to self and to things and to persons, detachment From self and from things and from persons; and, growing between them, indifference, ... .

The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

Ash on an old man's sleeve / Is all the ash the burnt roses leave, / Dust in the air suspended / Marks the place where a story ended.

I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair-