Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

France is not poetic she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic.

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.