“Not words. nor laughter. but rather someone who will fall in love with your silence.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
“bila tanganku tak mampu lagi menyentuhmu, maka biarlah doa menggantikannya” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I need about one hundred fifty drafts of a poem to get it right, and fifty more to make it sound spontaneous. — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I was well read and knew languages, but I didn't want to become Ezra Pound. I wanted to write poetry that people… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
“Deb and I were married on a snowy night - wind cross-wove a veil of snow for her then threw confetti at… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Poetry emerges from the depths of struggle. It comes up fighting, demanding to be heard.” — Aisha Mirza Copy Share Image
The last verse that became clear to my vision that day was this: "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the… — Mary C. Neal Copy Share Image
The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Each reader discovers for himself that, with respect to the simpler features of nature, succeeding poets have done little else than copy… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is not my purpose as a poet to condemn war (or to be exact, modern warfare). I only wish to present… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Precise, graceful, and generous, the poems in SuperLoop, seem to be born out of a deep, careful attention and a profound compassion.… — Ada Limon Copy Share Image
The real biographies of poets are like those of birds, almost identical - their data are in the way they sound. A… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“To Malcolm X, thank you for teaching us the kind of self-love that can never be taken away, To Malcolm X, thank… — Dumisani Tafadzwa Mayele Copy Share Image
“Driving home from work, our white and yellow plates will clog the streets; at the checkpoints, cars will stretch far into the… — Dalia Taha Copy Share Image
“Even the common things he carried with him—the food and the brandy and the loaded pistol—took on exactly that concrete and material… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Anyone who says, “Here’s my address, write me a poem,” deserves something in reply. So I’ll tell you a secret instead: poems… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
“Do you know what people do when they read poetry? They try to figure out what was going on in the poet’s… — Debora Geary Copy Share Image
I have the idea that lyric poetry is a poetry that's driven by a sense of the presence of death. That there's… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Every poet creates their own universe that looks more beautiful than reality.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“He calls me desperate (on my tombstone) I hope poetic license will allow: HUNGRY” — Eli Coppola Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned to lick my own foul wounds and prize the taste of ache.” — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“It is not death that allows us to understand each other, but poetry.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Love is a game of tic-tac-toe, constantly waiting for the next x or o.” — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
