It's easier to quote poets than to read them.
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: it's like going round explaining how you sleep with your wife.
A haiku is an open door that looks shut.
Deplore what is to be deplored/ And then find out the rest
Let the storm wash the plates.
Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist, He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind
For the great Gaels of Ireland Are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, And all their songs are sad.
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter when I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.