Poetry Quote by Henry Beston — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Let's not shame our eyes for seeing. Instead, thank them for their bravery.”

“Forbidden things— my God, I’m drawn to them like a moth to a flame.”

“But first and foremost, I learned from Whitman that the poem is a temple—or a green field—a place to enter, and in which to feel. Only in a secondary way is it an intellectual thing—an artifact, a moment of seemly and robust wordiness—wonderful as that part of it is. I learned that the poem was made not just to exist, but to speak—to be company.”

“When she left me”

“Well, let them seize on all they can;—”

“Books, books, books!”