Robert Penn Warren Poetry Quotations

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.

The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see.

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.