American - Poet | September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
T. S. Eliot
LightDarknessStillnessDancing
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
CourageFindGoWillRiskHow Far
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
TimeTravelEndExplorationPlace
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
HopeSoulWaitMy SoulWrongSaid
If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
YouKnowTallOverHeadDo You Know
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
PoetryGenuineUnderstoodCommunicate
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
BeginningStartEndCallWhereMake
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
PoetryMatureImmatureStealImitate
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
LifeCoffeeMy LifeOutMeasured
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
PersonalityPoetryEmotionsKnow
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
CreativityAnxietyHandMaiden
You are the music while the music lasts.
MusicYouLastsWhile
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