“The night has become mine; I have fallen in love with the night.” — Natalia Beshqoy Copy Share Image
“Memory, when it juts, retreats, recovers, shows us how to hold the darkness, how to breathe.” — Drew Myron Copy Share Image
Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
As hurried as this poem is rest assured that our loves not. To be with you, again, forever I cant wait until… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“she slammed the door and was gone. I looked at the closed door and at the doorknob and strangely I didn't feel… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Death stoops over me. I'm a problem in chess. He has the solution.” — Tomas Tranströmer Copy Share Image
“The River', a poem from 'Profound Vers-A-Tales': Your perception of my exterior may not match what lies beneath the surface.” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart... — John Berger Copy Share Image
“Even the simplest poem May destroy your immunity to human emotions. All poems must carry a Government warning. Words Can seriously affect… — Elma Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I've heard you say so many a time That I know just the right words to say, just the right lines to… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
A friend came over to the house a few days ago and read one of my poems. He came back today and… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
Every time you read a poem aloud to yourself in the presence of others, you are reading it into yourself and them.… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
The poem is always the last resort. In it the poet makes a world in little, and finds peace, even though, under… — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
“I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, And if I die before I wake,… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
“Poem Heart of the heartless world, Dear heart, the thought of you Is the pain at my side, The shadow that chills… — John Cornford Copy Share Image
“Storm Ending Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers, Rumbling in the wind, Stretching clappers to strike our ears… — Jean Toomer Copy Share Image
“Decay spread in me low and high, Organ by organ, I see myself beginning to die, Not a single hour passes by… — Abū Nuwās Copy Share Image
“Twas a sheep not a lamb that strayed away In the parable Jesus told, A grown-up sheep that strayed away From the… — C.C. Miller Copy Share Image
“Four billion people on this earth, but my imagination is the way it's always been: bad with large numbers. It is still… — Wisława Szymborska Copy Share Image
“Gargoyles sat on the battlements- lean they were and the same hideous damp grey as the stone. They looked at her with… — Meredith Ann Pierce Copy Share Image
“[ On Love After Love by Derek Walcott ] I read this poem often, once a month at least. In the madness… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“Pariah Luggage by Stewart Stafford I am the last piece of luggage, On the baggage carousel, If there's a suitcase deity, It… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
![“[ On Love After Love by Derek Walcott ] I read this poem often, once a month at least. In the madness and mayhem of modern life, where every man seems committed to an endless search for the approval and esteem of his fellows and peers, no matter what the cost, this poem reminds me of a basic…” quote by Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/91f/tom-hiddleston-1633_calm-and-peace_on-love-after-love-by-derek-walcott-i-re_1921633.png)
