Poetry makes nothing happen. Auteur: W.H. Auden Copy Quote More from W.H. Auden “Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you thi…” “Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the…” “When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.from an essay for Writ…” “Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwit…”