Poetry

“My only duty as a poet is to defend the use of language.”

“The important thing in assessing the merit of a poem is time.”

“من یک شاعر تراژدی هستم.”

“A poem is not a poem if it does not open readers’ eyes to political wrongs.”

“Para conocer la utilidad, el arte, el mérito, la gracia y la beldad de la poesía no es menester ser poeta.”

“A Poet and Poetry form a certain concept of culture, while a person continues to live as a private individual.”

“A mixture of memory, observation, and imagination finally make a poem what it is.”

“prose is toil, while poetry is play”

“لم آتِ في حياتي أمرًا إدًّا ولا ارتكبت منكرًا، أنظم الشعر وأودعه عصارة شعوري وتفكيري، وأجعله منبرًا أدافع منه عما يتراءى لي أنه الحق، غير حاسب لمخالفة الناس إياي حسابًا.”

“My poetry begins for me where certainty ends.”

“Los mexicanos cultivaron además la poesía, la retórica, la oratoria, la aritmética, la astronomía y otras disciplinas.”

“Poetry is a never-ending task.”

“Poetry is just the evidence of life.”

“قلما طار اسم الشاعر في حياته فوقع بعد مماته.”

“The poem conventionally brings its own music.”

“সকলেই কবি নয়। কেউ কেউ কবি।”

“Ne efsûnkâr imişsin âh ey dîdâr-ı hürriyet Esîr-i aşkın olduk gerçi kurtulduk esâretten”

“The great big public thinks of poetry, particularly modern poetry, as something highbrow.”