The poem is the dream made flesh, in a two-fold sense: as work of art, and as life, which is a work… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
“Tonight, I won't dream, because nobody has held me and no hands have strayed and even though I'm drunk with love, my… — Melissa Lee-Houghton Copy Share Image
“Pity that child who was born near Rouen, His only crime, to arrive deformed.” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“I hope reading my vulnerable thoughts will help you move forward with your journey. A new start. My darling, just let it… — Angela Colleen Prendergast Copy Share Image
“... this longing inside me that never goes away, must be a poem...must be you ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“The recommended retirement plan is arabesque, then leap and smash on the seawall.” — Natalie Shapero Copy Share Image
“Language, a great poem in and of itself, is all around us. We live in the lap of enormous wonder, but how… — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
“The poet must believe in the unknown as well as the known. This must become indistinguishable at times within the poem to… — the mag man Copy Share Image
“Feelings and emotion ran through my veins like a hurricane. And that's when everything began to look like poetry. —You look like… — Altruistic Copy Share Image
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
One Christmas I had no money, and so I went home and just, like, wrote a poem; I mean, I didn't write… — June Diane Raphael Copy Share Image
“And then I feel the sun itself as it blazes over the hills, like a million flowers on fire -- clearly I'm… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“Crossing lines that can never be uncrossed. Clangoring out words that can never be forgot. Leaving welts behind with their lashing tongues.… — A.Y. Greyson Copy Share Image
My attention span was quite short and I just wanted to use a lot of beautiful words. When I read a poem… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
“I am a lantern, I glow bright I break for day, and wait for night Without me you’d be blind You take… — Carlos Hutchinson Copy Share Image
“You know that thing You do so well, That little spark You hide In the dark, That you think Nobody Knows About… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“I know you can't wash in the same river even once I know the river will bring new lights that you will… — Nazım Hikmet Copy Share Image
“I’m a picture without a frame. A poem without a rhyme. A car with three wheels. A sun without fire. I am… — pleasefindthis Copy Share Image
Because I'm a younger laureate, it seemed important to me to do something - not to just accept the honor of the… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“I like the lady horses best, how they make it all look easy, like running 40 miles per hour is as fun… — Ada Limon Copy Share Image
“THE SILENT PEOPLE Some people are so rude, Living their lives with no concern for others, Or possibly just intent on pissing… — Giorge Leedy Copy Share Image
