C. Day Lewis Quotes

C. Day Lewis — English Poet born on April 27, 1904, died on May 22, 1972

Cecil Day-Lewis, CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He was the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis... (wikipedia)

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

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

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

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 Quotes

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