"Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do." ― Stephen Spender Topic(s): Poetry More From Stephen Spender "When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course." More In Poetry "Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world."― Richard Eberhart "Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That’s what writing is all about."― Wislawa Szymborska "I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat."― Alfred Edward Housman