As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly work.
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
Poetry, just because it is poetry, doesn't mean it is some kind of magic spell.
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.