For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.