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1 " The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years. "
― Aberjhani , The American Poet Who Went Home Again
2 " The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. "
― William Blake , The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: In Full Color
3 " Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and know it. "
― Philip Pullman
4 " This is how I recognize an authentic poet: by frequenting him, living a long time in the intimacy of his work, something changes in myself, not so much my inclinations or my tastes as my very blood, as if a subtle disease had been injected to alter its course, its density and nature. To live around a true poet is to feel your blood run thin, to dream a paradise of anemia, and to hear, in your veins, the rustle of tears. "
― Emil M. Cioran , A Short History of Decay
5 " Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. "
