When A Writer Is Born Into A

What Has No Shadow Has No Strength To Live.

Every Poet Depends Upon Generations Who Wrote In His Native Tongue; He Inherits Styles And Forms Elaborated By Those Who Lived Before Him. At The Same Time, Though, He Feels That Those Old Means Of Expression Are Not Adequate To His Own Experience.

Two Attributes Of A Poet, Avidity Of The Eye And The Desire To Describe That Which He Sees.

Not That I Want To Be A God Or A Hero. Just To Change Into A Tree, Grow For Ages, Not Hurt Anyone.

What Is Poetry Which Does Not Save Nations Or People?