I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems. — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
“The was her magic, she could still see the sunset even on those darkest days.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
When you get a class reciting some great poems, it'll tear your heart out. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“I swear that girl was born with a pen in her hand, the moon in her hair and stars in her soul.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
Poems are ideally suited, in some ways, to social media because they pack so much meaning into so little language. — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
“Those letters under the door A new life The war at a distance and my drinking glass that smokes A brightness crowns… — Paul Dermée Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's what writers do- Maybe they exaggerate pain just so that you feel okay about what you're feeling.” — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
“She was broken, I think it’s because she loved too much and she was always blind to the fact that love too… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
You've read some of the poems in this new unpublished book [Walker's Alphabet], e.g., the poem "C." I have a number of… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
“Eagle's flight of loneliness soars so high Around its sigh, no more alone the sky Other birds remain away, clouds pass by… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“Gardens are poems Where you stroll with your hands in your pockets. (Les jardins sont des poemes Ou l'on se promene les… — Pierre Albert-Birot Copy Share Image
“this then will be my destiny: scrabbling for pennies in dark tiny halls reading poems I have long since become tired of.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Honeydew dreams are needful things at which we both attest; palsied serine eyes gazing pleasantly surprised with soft and panting breath. flowers… — Johnny Luckett Copy Share Image
I've had journals ever since I was really little. Sometimes I write poems and stuff, but for the most part I write… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“He is wearing an old overcoat from the Salvation Army in Easton, Pennsylvania. It cost five bucks ten years ago, Louise remembers.… — Abigail Thomas Copy Share Image
“Every broken piece of me fell on every broken piece of you and when I took the missing parts, like the emptiness… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
“Silence explains a lot of things. It tells us why people are who they not supposed to be. It's the fear of… — Tessa Vanluchene Copy Share Image
I think that the moment we're living in offers the best opportunity we've had in a long time in that a lot… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
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