Before Now Poetry Has Taken Notice Of

Sentences Are Not Different Enough To Hold The Attention Unless They Are Dramatic. No Ingenuity Of Varying Structure Will Do. All That Can Save Them Is The Speaking Tone Of Voice Somehow Entangled In The Words And Fastened To The Page For The Ear Of The Imagination. That Is All That Can Save Poetry From Sing-song, All That Can Save Prose From Itself.

A Champion Of The Workingman Has Never Been Known To Die Of Overwork.

The Difference Between A Man And His Valet: They Both Smoke The Same Cigars, But Only One Pays For Them.

I Have Never Started A Poem Yet Whose End I Knew. Writing A Poem Is Discovering.

I've Given Offense By Saying I'd As Soon Write Free Verse As Play Tennis With The Net Down.