That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.


First love (ed. Vintage, 1982)

Ivan Turgenev Quotes

That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.

That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.

That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.

That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.