“Poetry makes the half man whole by saying the things which he feels but cannot say.”
~Clyde Kilby, Poetry and Life (New York, Odyssey Press, 1953), p. 3 via here
"The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say."
~GK Chesterton
~Clyde Kilby, Poetry and Life (New York, Odyssey Press, 1953), p. 3 via here
"The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say."
~GK Chesterton
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"Poetry is the supreme fiction, madame.
Take the moral law and make a nave of it
And from the nave build haunted heaven. Thus,
The conscience is converted into palms,
Like windy citherns hankering for hymns."
~Wallace Stevens
"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
~Carl Sandburg
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
~GK Chesterton
Elsie!
I changed emails so I have a new google reader and I can't figure out how to follow your shared posts again! Send me your email?
karagehret@gmail.com
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