The Function Of Poetry Is Religious Invocation

One Smile Relieves A Heart That Grieves.

Nine-tenths Of English Poetic Literature Is The Result Either Of Vulgar Careerism Or Of A Poet Trying To Keep His Hand In. Most Poets Are Dead By Their Late Twenties.

For Words Of Rapture Groping, They"never Such Love," Swore "ever Before Was!"

The Gift Of Independence Once Granted Cannot Be Lightly Taken Away Again.

A Perfect Poem Is Impossible. Once It Had Been Written, The World Would End. Immature Poets Imitate; Mature Poets Steal.