One Ought

“One ought, every day at least, 

to hear a little song, 

read a good poem, 

see a fine picture, 

and, if it were possible, 

to speak a few reasonable words.”

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

Trees Are Poems

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, 

We fell them down and turn them into paper,

That we may record our emptiness.”

~ Kahlil Gibran

Some Say

“Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire,

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate,

To say that for destruction ice,

Is also great,

And would suffice.”

~ Robert Frost

Poets

“Poets have been mysteriously silent 

on the subject of cheese.”

~ G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions

A Poem Begins

“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, 

a sense of wrong, 

a homesickness, 

a lovesickness.”

~ Robert Frost