The mirror is believed the way a poem is believed. It's believed because it's there. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
A poem is what the reader lives through under the guidance of the text and experiences as relevant to the text. — Louise Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
“My father's love was always strongMy mother's glamour lives on and on.Yet still inside I felt alone, for reasones unknow to me.” — lana del rey Copy Share Image
“Whenever you touch a poem that caresses your soul, breathe it gently for it might be the wind that perfects your life's… — A. Saleh Copy Share Image
“because white men can't police their imagination black people are dying” — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
“One may never get to know how fast the time travels till the one gets in that position to race against the… — Neel Preet Copy Share Image
It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too! — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
“Rising and falling of the sun confirm Your kingship and Your rulership.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme 'oysters' with 'The Cloisters.' And 'The lady from… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Poetry comes to me out of thin air or out of my unconscious mind. It's sort of the way dreams come to… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
I go to the gym, do some martial arts, and I love poetry. I have a tattoo of my family crest, and… — Steven R. McQueen Copy Share Image
Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. . . . Read it… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
“When I was done reading the poem, everyone was quiet. A very sad quiet. But the amazing thing was that it wasn't… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Bitter and Frail, young and weak. Smiles are useless, talk is cheap, Give thou venom, fangs like slime, Ugly freak for all… — Keisha Keenleyside Copy Share Image
“The problem with this poem, from your perspective, must be its lack of financial value. I guess my problem with you, from… — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“all theories like cliches shot to hell, all these small faces looking up beautiful and believing; I wish to weep but sorrow… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me is; Me it sucked first, and now… — John Donne Copy Share Image
“The Weaver My life is but a weaving between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft… — Benjamin Malachi Franklin Copy Share Image
“Yes, I know," Isadora said, and then read her poem, leaning forward so Carmelita Spats would not overhear: "I would rather eat… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
A poem is a liminal space that can offer a sensation of belonging. A poem won't bring you a cold beer, but… — Jenny Johnson Copy Share Image
A poem, as a manifestation of language and thus essentially dialogue, can be a message in a bottle, sent out in the… — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
“My child, I know you're not a child But I still see you running wild Between those flowering trees. Your sparkling dreams,… — Antonia Michaelis Copy Share Image
“ Other Lives And Dimensions And Finally A Love Poem My left hand will live longer than my right. The rivers of… — Bob Hicok Copy Share Image
“Poem of Thanks Years later, long single, I want to turn to his departed back, and say, What gifts we had of… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in. — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Lo! A call for a bloody trial- Retribution should it hail! Whose? you ask, For he that deems it a worthy task!” — Carol Robi Copy Share Image
“...before the dawn I leave the night behind me and before my heart I let you leave me behind. - from the… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“They had to call and call And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls. --From the poem "Lady Lazarus", written 23-29… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“I love what I see because one day I will cease to see it. And simply because it is.” — Ricardo Reis Copy Share Image
“A Very Short Poem for Poor Lovers You’ve got nothing, I’ve got nothing, And it’s not a good thing.” — Arzum Uzun Copy Share Image
“The sun is also a star, and it’s our most important one. That alone should be worth a poem or two.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“True love. Is it normal is it serious, is it practical? What does the world get from two people who exist in… — Wisława Szymborska Copy Share Image
“Sure, we thought the acres That we tilled were sacred, But how could we have known That wheat can haunt like ghosts” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“It only takes one line, from one poem to change your world...What has poetry done for you lately?” — David S. Cross Copy Share Image
When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?' — Wendy Cope Copy Share Image
“I'm fond of Derek Walcott too. I could eat his poem "Love After Love." Just peel the words off the page and… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t have dreamed you into existence because I didn’t even know I needed you. You must have been sent to me.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
The world is a great poem, and the world's The words it is writ in, and we souls the thoughts. — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
