The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose

Tell all the truth but tell it slant.

Gilds the crenelated towers of the churches here and there, Intensifies the hue of flowers makes thy lovely face more fair.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in the best order