Don Colacho's Aphorisms

If you value aphorisms, do not miss these specimens from a master.  Example:

Poetry rescues things by reconciling matter and spirit in the metaphor.

Permit me a quibble. There are poets who eschew metaphor in favor of metonymy, Bukowski, for example.  If you protest that he is not a 'real poet,' I won't put up much of a fight.