The poem, even a short time after being written, <br />seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems <br />something beyond the capacity of the gods. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of <br />haste. It's what everything else isn't. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />You can't make poetry simply by avoiding clichés. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />There's a point where plainness is no longer a virtue, <br />when it becomes excessively bald, wrenched. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />You must believe: a poem is a holy thing -- a good poem, <br />that is.<br /><br />Theodore Roethke<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/various-quotes-from-on-poetry-and-craft-selected/
