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

“no poet can know what his poem is going to be like until he has written it.”

““If equal affection cannot be,”

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”

“If you want romance, fuck a journalist.”

“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.”

“When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.”

“Love, be”

“I watch with envious eyes and mind, the single-souled who dare not feel”

“Let me keep my distance, always, from those”

“I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.”

“The exceeding brightness of this early sun”

“love is a deeper season”