Kimberly Ripley's current and excellent "Gather Essentials" article, in which she told of the life of Robert Frost, inspired me to hunt for some of his quotes about poetry. Go here to read her article:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=150709&articleId=281474977556967
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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Writing a poem is discovering.
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What a POET!
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The Wind Street Journal
Oh yeah, guess where he lived! New Hampshire . No wonder I like him so much!
He's always been one of my favorites.