INTRODUÇÃO DE JORGE LUIZ DE OLIVEIRA
- Caros leitores, trago-lhes Robert Frost ( 1874 - 1963 ), poeta de São Francisco ( Califórnia - Estados Unidos )... pertence à Poesia Moderna e faz uso de temáticas como: "Solidão do Homem em um Universo Indiferente", explorando questões existenciais do Homem, seus anseios e angústias, retratando em seus poemas aspectos rurais da Nova Inglaterra, como elementos característicos de seus poemas. Segue abaixo algumas de suas citações de impacto, no texto original, com o intuito de preservar a força dos termos, dos vocábulos e da semântica, etc.
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - ROBERT FROST.
"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." - ROBERT FROST.
"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age." - ROBERT FROST.
"I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed". - ROBERT FROST.
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation." - ROBERT FROST.
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." - ROBERT FROST.
"A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair." - ROBERT FROST.
"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession." - ROBERT FROST.
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." - ROBERT FROST.
"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom." - ROBERT FROST.
