Poetry Quote by Vincent Starrett — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Poetry is a will to put things right, an imaginary solution, a way of avoiding a catastrophe that already happened. Poetry is an escape, perhaps intelligent, perhaps idiotic, from a senile situation. It is a dialectical movement, it keeps tearing open the wounds while trying to heal them. Here we see the only acceptable path open up towards an existence worthy of human beings. Here the seriousness is unfaltering and absolute. Where it will lead no one knows.”

“my dear,”

“With you a part of me hath passed away;”

“I. At Tea”

“I don't want to go on being a root in the dark,”

“I rhyme”