Poetry Quote by W. H. Auden — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“To choose what is difficult all ones days, as if it were easy, that is faith.”

“Truth, like love and sleep, resents approaches that are too intense.”

“All the rest is silence”

“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music.”

“To choose what is difficult all ones days, as if it were easy, that is faith.”

“Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs.”

“Where do the words go”

“There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.”

“How young I seem; I”

“Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?”

“We didn’t deny the obvious,”

“WRITTEN IN PENCIL IN THE SEALED RAILWAY-CAR”