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The heart can think of no devotionGreater than being shore to the ocean-Holding the curve of one position,Counting an endless repetition.

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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

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Fragmentary BlueWhy make so much of fragmentary blueIn here and there a bird, or butterfly,Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye,When heaven presen...more

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More than once I should have lost my soul to radicalism if it had been the originality it was mistaken for by its young converts.

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You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

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Where had I heard this wind beforeChange like this to a deeper roar?What would it take my standing there for,Holding open a restive door,Looking down ...more

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The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far a...more

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Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

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Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

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Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

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A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is never a thought ...more

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The rain to the wind said,You push and I'll pelt.'They so smote the garden bedThat the flowers actually knelt,And lay lodged--though not dead.I know h...more

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Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To wher...more

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GATHERING LEAVESSpades take up leavesNo better than spoons,And bags full of leavesAre light as balloons.I make a great noiseOf rustling all dayLike ra...more