C. Day Lewis

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. ↗

— C. Day Lewis

#already #clear #desk #down #first

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ↗

— C. Day Lewis

#earth #expresses #good #however #just

Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon. ↗

— C. Day Lewis

#heart #her #light #noon #summer

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ↗

— C. Day Lewis

#understand #understood #write