The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered. — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
“Alkohol ubija... znamo, o znamo, Znamo da alkohol škodi, No rakije, rakije, rakije amo, Jer utjehe nema u vodi.” — Dobriša Cesarić Copy Share Image
“It’s been hard to believe in love again, but faith is at the center of every request.” — David Campos Copy Share Image
There's a lot of unconscious activity that goes on I think in the composition of a poem. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses. — Charles Angoff Copy Share Image
Creating a poem is a continual process of re-creating your ignorance, in the sense of not knowing what's coming next. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“The enemy came to steel,destroy and kill our leader, our hero Steve Biko. He was chosen by God and no one can… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“Autumn is here and I am in love. My heart has taken residence in my mind. I pick the crisp ochre leaves… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“I Like The Way That when you Tilt Poems On their side They Look like Miniature Cities From A long way Away.… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I have never written a play, a story, a poem, or my one film - anything - unless something was troubling me… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
“This isn’t a poem, it’s a 3 am conversation on your basement couch and a quiet night spent on the bench next… — Christopher Korenczuk Copy Share Image
When words become a poem, it makes sense to me, but I don't know how to explain to someone why the words… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“Permission Granted" You do not have to choose the bruised peach or misshapen pepper others pass over. You don't have to bury… — David Allen Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Grand Sky/Grand Prairie Both harbor the vastness of space. One holds the space Of starlight, thunder snow, rock and icy comets, scrolls… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“Have it compose a poem- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
“we are burning like a chicken wing left on the grill of an outdoor barbecue we are unwanted and burning we are… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“The yellow moon dreamily tipping buttons of light down among the leaves. Marimba, marimba - from beyond the black street. Somebody dancing,… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
“Poem For Laura" Now come the bright prophets across my life. The solemn fl esh, the miracles, and the pain. Across the… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
“. . . to my surprise I began to know what The Language was about, not just the part we were singing… — Monica Furlong Copy Share Image
“Unfurl your muscles. Slip off your skin. Drop your guts in a heap on the floor.” I felt my airway constrict. Damn,… — Christina Lee Copy Share Image
“I see the life with your sight, O" the love; you're my light.” — Debasish Mridha M.D Copy Share Image
if I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem. — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image