“Every poet creates their own universe that looks more beautiful than reality.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry. — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“From heart to heart a heartbeat staggers, looking for a haven. Bereft. It is easier to enter heaven than to pass through… — Bill Knott Copy Share Image
One cannot simply decide to write apolitical poetry, in the way one decides to drink lemonade instead of tea, it's far more… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
I don't want to write poems about the royal wedding. I would have to be moved by the event. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“Knowing me better than I think anyone should Except, perhaps No, probably No, definitely Definitely except you” — Thalia Circe Copy Share Image
The excellence, the beauty, the poetry, the magic is what food is about and that comes from all parts of the world. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
My first book of poems was published privately in 1949. That was my mother. The book was '25 Poems.' It cost 200 dollars. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I wrote poetry from the time I could write. That was the only way I could begin to express who I was… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I wanted to pay homage to someone who was such an important literary figure in my life. I think Langston Hughes would… — Kasi Lemmons Copy Share Image
A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Before I was a parent I was struck by Rilke, who, as you know, didn't go to his daughter's wedding because he… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
In the medieval tradition, Beksinski seems to believe art to be a forewarning about the fragility of the flesh– whatever pleasures we… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“With slouch and swing around the ring We trod the Fools’ Parade! We did not care: we knew we were The Devils’… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“You are not going to burn out, you're just beginning. You have an entire galaxy of stars burning fiercely inside of you… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
Fair are the flowers and the children, but their subtle suggestion is fairer; Rarer is the roseburst of dawn, but the secret… — Richard Realf Copy Share Image
I started writing poetry when I was in the fifth grade, just rhyming in class. — Jay Rock Copy Share Image
“something genuine like a mark in a toilet, graced with guts and gutted with grace” — E.E. Cummings Copy Share Image
Now, the process of writing poetry is very messy. Not systematic, never quite the same — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I think poetry can lead to policy, and I can hear the laughter when I say that. — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
“The work is to somehow talk ourselves beyond / the sleepiness of selfhood” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. — Philip Levine Copy Share Image
“I have found that happiness is a defiant act of bravery in spite of a callous world.” — Liz Newman Copy Share Image
The first task of the poet is to create the person who will write the poems. — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
