Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
CWSA 27
Fragment ID: 7234
Variations in Inspiration [1]
It is queer that one writes a few lines in no time and the rest perhaps at no time!
This is too cryptic for me. I may say however that inspiration for poetry is always an uncertain thing (except for a phenomenon like Harin). Sometimes it comes in a rush, sometimes one has to labour for days to get a poem right, sometimes it does not come at all. Besides each poet is treated by the Muse in a different way.
24 August 1935