The Courage Of The Poet

Men Talk Of "finding God," But No Wonder It Is Difficult; He Is Hidden In That Darkest Hiding-place, Your Heart. You Yourself Are A Part Of Him.

Never Write Up Your Diary On The Day Itself, For It Takes Longer Than That To Know What Happened.

There Are Certain People Whom One Feels Almost Inclined To Urge To Hurry Up And Die So That Their Letters Can Be Published.

Why Do They Put The Gideon Bibles Only In The Bedrooms, Where It's Usually Too Late...?

The World, In Its Sheer Exuberance Of Kindness, Will Try To Bury The Poet With Warm And Lovely Human Trivialities. It Will Even Ask Him To Autograph Books.