I feel most empires fell when they started to act human but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.
Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally in the end pleasure.
A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile even though...
A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry unless of course the life...
And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is not to lie but...
Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.
My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
