Sometimes a poem starts because I feel the urge to write about something from which I carry a great deal of shame,… — Bao Phi Copy Share Image
“Gloomy room immersed in a scent of modern cowards filled with shapeless creatures sitting in silence because they have nothing to say… — Asper Blurry Copy Share Image
“On the Gallows Once Kofi Awoonor I crossed quite a few of your rivers, my gods, into this plain where thirst reigns… — Kofi Awoonor Copy Share Image
“If my like for you was a footy crowd, you'd be deaf cos of the roar. And if my like for you… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“Something about the time of year depressed him deeply. Overcast skies and cutting wind, leaves falling, dusk falling, dark too soon, night… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
My first spoken word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine.… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“Poem of the Song About Hope" I. Give me lilies, lilies, And roses too. But if you have no lilies Or roses… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Christ, it's embarrassing--I start thinking about this goddam poem I sent her when we first started goin' around together. 'Rose my color… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“What would you have me do? Seek for the patronage of some great man, And like a creeping vine on a tall… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
“MY FATHER If I have to write a poem about my father it has to be about integrity and kindness — the… — Neena H Brar Copy Share Image
“Better Associations: If you associate yourself with a change maker, Your life will by all means become better. You will wink at… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“You shall no longer take things at second or third hand… nor look through the eyes of the dead… nor feed on… — John Green Copy Share Image
Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk enough in the poet's company… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“No sun—no moon! No morn—no noon— No dawn— No sky—no earthly view— No distance looking blue— No road—no street—no "t'other side the… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
With vocal and choral music, first and foremost, it's the text. Not only do I need to serve the text, but the… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
Most of the poems I write go through forty versions and then stay in a file on my computer. I'm not very… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
“The suburb of Saffron Park lay on the sunset side of London, as red and ragged as a cloud of sunset. It… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“About your easy heads my prayers I said with syllables of clay. What gift, I asked, shall I bring now Before I… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“Quote from "The Dish Keepers of Honest House" …TO TWIST THE COLD is easy when its only water you want. Tapping of… — Helene Hinson Staley Copy Share Image
“my mine , I searching for you .. long time in the trip time walls, searching you in was me.. I never… — Ridwan Nurwansyah Copy Share Image
A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“I could go on all night, Lake. I could go on and on and on about all the reasons I’m in love… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“Christmas Hyacinths The air grows cleaner with each sight Of words - silver and clear - Without heaviness and sighs. Winter closes in on… — Laura Chouette Copy Share Image
“The Poles rode out from Warsaw against the German Tanks on horses. Rode knowing, in sunlight, with sabers, A magnitude of beauty… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
“He who creates a poison, also has the cure. He who creates a virus, also has the antidote. He who creates chaos,… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“If only you would realize some day, how much have you hurt me, If only your heart ever, craves for me or… — Mehek Bassi Copy Share Image
A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from… — Gabor Mate Copy Share Image
“I went out to the hazel wood because a fire was in my head cut and peeled a hazel wand and hooked… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing that I have to do is to remind people that poetry is there for us to turn… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“Objects and Objectives To contemplate LEGO. Many colours. Many shapes. Many inventive and useful shapes. Plastic. A versatile and practical substance. Symbolic… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
We all need poetry. The moments in our lives that are characterized by language that has to do with necessity or the… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“The world's an incessant transformation, and to meditate is awareness, with no clinging to, no working on, the mind. It is a… — Robert Gray Copy Share Image
“A JEWELRY STORE NAMED INDIA If you hold this Dazzling emerald Up to the sky, It will shine a billion Beautiful miracles… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Dear . . . You’re the poem I couldn’t finish The journey I should have never started I saw tragedy in our… — Samantha King Copy Share Image
It's unsettling, to lose the safety of the familiar, even when what's disrupted is an ordinary routine. When I began this poem,… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“The Congregating of Stars They often meet in mountain lakes, No matter how remote, no matter how deep Down and far they… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“But anyhow it is true that this, which is our first poem, might very well be our last poem too. It might… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Scene: Darkness. Suddenly, a single spotlight illuminates Apollo standing on the front porch of the Big House. The house is a bold… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
![“I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the poetry. Who could have written such a poem except someone who went through it? It is so full of life, so full of truth, of passion, of concern. And the thousands and thousands of commentaries in the…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/590/elie-wiesel-341_attributes_i-read-the-text-and-then-i-come-to-the-s_340239.png)
