A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.
The poet is on the side of undeceiving the world.
I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and he's written poetry then let the verdict be that he's a poet.
The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries.
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.
Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.
If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.
If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry.
Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision.
The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.