“The "I" in the poem is not you but someone who knows a lot about you.” — Marvin Bell Copy Share Image
The poem is a cry of the unborn heart. Yes, because the poem perfectly embodies the world, there is no world without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I allowed him to curse at me aloud My sorrows swelled bigger in size so did my sighs… From the poem- FROM… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“The U.K. should begin with an F And have a C after the U, And it should end in E D Now… — Harry Whitewolf Copy Share Image
“I am not perfect for you, but I will always imperfectly try to be.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
“the flames are silent, Peace is violent, Tears are frozen ’cause massacre was chosen. ~~ 26/11– Mumbai terror attack memories” — Ankita Singhal Copy Share Image
“My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me,… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Yet poetry, though the last and finest result, is a natural fruit. As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I want to make of your life a monument For the days you lingered in sadness With high towers and wide gardens… — Emmanuelle Soni-Dessaigne Copy Share Image
Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
The poem is never complete in the mind. It emerges, and then it's like an act of unveiling. The unveiling is the… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
. . . it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are-until the poem-nameless and formless, about to… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I believe that poems, sometimes, perhaps most of the time, ignite something into us. They can transform us overnight. Poems can go… — Yash Thakur Copy Share Image
“A poem is a heroic act of integration that binds into rough harmony the chorus of forces within and outside the soul.… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
“Our lips were for each other and our eyes were full of dreams. We knew nothing of travel and we knew nothing… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Love¦.. a term constantly over used. Her heart is a power system hope her boyfriend doesnt blow a fuse. These people leave… — Curly Girl Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, we will lose each other to something. I would hope for grand circumstance—death or disaster. But it might not be that… — Tishani Doshi Copy Share Image
“I remember our childhood days when life was easy and math problems hard. Mom would help us with our homework and dad… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“I forced myself out of a love that I knew would only end fatally. I forced myself into the dark, until I… — JL Copy Share Image
“Cage It's a tear i want to shed, For the weathered roses that once was red, Today it's a decision want to… — Ratish Edwards Copy Share Image
“Monster a person though monster not human. Monster like music. Like Beatles! Like Schumann! World full of stupid. World full of noise.… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“If you can't tell from my rap lyrics already, yes I am a feminist. And when I'm saying "hoe" or "bitch" I… — Scott McGoldrick Copy Share Image
“The fusty showman fumbles, must Fit in a particle of dust The universe, for fear it gain Its freedom from my cube… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
“A poem does not radiate from the name, but the name emanates from the poem.” — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
When a woman writes you a poem, she spends time with the gods on your behalf. — Aja Monet Copy Share Image
A fine poem combines the elements of meaning, music, and a form like a living frame that holds it together. — Arnold Adoff Copy Share Image
'Aurat' is an iconic poem which is relevant 70 years later and informs me in the work I do with women. — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
“I chase the wind and get lost in the clouds. I'm sweep into darkness in my search for the light.” — Sherman Kennon Copy Share Image
The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
“I wrote you this poem because i was afraid/ To come out and tell you i want to get laid.” — Jake Wizner Copy Share Image
“I think maybe today a poem I hope after breakfast I start trying pulling it out of my own gut mostly by… — John Thomas Idlet (John Thomas Copy Share Image
“It was not the Jew, of course, who invented the love poem, but the other way around.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“A little bunny or some kind of ferret was probably there too, and bore witness as only rodents can.” — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
“And now dear little children, who may this story read, To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed: Unto… — Mary Howitt Copy Share Image
“When twilight sleeps holding the night In your arms you embrace me tight Runaway hours clenched by kisses More of your love… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
When the waves hit the shores over and over, rolling and roaring, to the immature eyes it seems like a fight or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The true poem is the poet's mind; the true ship is the ship-builder. In the man, could we lay him open, we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I'm working on a poem about heartbreak that I've been working on forever (give or take). The problem is that I've never… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
