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After the first powerful plain manifesto
The black statement of pistons, without more fuss
But gliding like a queen, she leaves the station.
History is theirs whose language is the sun.
Ruins and Visions (1942)
The ultimate aim of politics is not politics, but the activities which can be practised within the political framework of the State.
Life and the Poet (1942)
At dawn she lay with her profile at that angle
Which, when she sleeps, seems the carved face of an angel.
I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic middle age, imposture, moneymaking, public relations, bad writing, mental confusion.
On turning 70 in Journals 1939-83 (1986)
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.
Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity...but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.
I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.