The poet doesn't invent. He listens.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for.
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.
You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.
The American public does not know poets exist.
The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.
The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
You don't become a poet if you want to make any money.
The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.