There has been a vast output of critical studies in contemporary poetry, some of them first rate, but I do not think that , as a rule, a poet should read them.

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky.