Let us not be particular and sectional. The poet's mind and the scorpion's tail rise in glory from the same earth. If I were to choose between the power of writing a poem and the ecstasy of a poem unwritten, I would choose the ecstasy. It is better poetry. But you and all my neighbors agree that I always choose badly.
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
We fell them down and turn them into paper that we may record our emptiness. Poetry is not an opinion expressed. It is a song that rises from a bleeding wound or a smiling mouth. Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness More Khalil Gibran . . .