Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The human creature is alone in his carapace. Poetry is a strong way out. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Who was a queen and loved a poet once Humpbacked, a dwarf? ah, women can do that!” — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
All poets' wives have rotten lives Their husbands look at them like knives. — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
“I love the echoes of a home filled to the rim with poetry, books and art.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“One day I might feel Mean, And squinched up inside, Like a mouth sucking on a Lemon. The next day I could… — Mary Neville Copy Share Image
I just write verses. I don't write all day long. When I have something that needs to be said, I just write… — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
“Silver bullets and a stake in the heart But the cross still awakens my heart I'm the freak of nature that's all… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Behold, A ram caught in a thicket by its horns; Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him. But the old man… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
The critic lives at second hand. He writes about. The poem, the novel, or the play must be given to him; criticism… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
The only thing I remember writing in prison is a couple of poems for an inmate magazine they did once a year. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
“How Poetry Comes to Me It comes blundering over the Boulders at night, it stays Frightened outside the Range of my campfire… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
“I want you. I want you inside and out. The parts you cover with laughter. The depth you shrug off with indifference.… — Alfa H Copy Share Image
It is dangerous it seems to me for a civilization when there is a complete abyss betewen people in general and the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I write poetry to figure things out. It's what I use as a navigating tool in my life, so when there's something… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“A midst deceit I found the truth; there in the rough I found a diamond. And from the moment we met, I… — Donato DiCristino Copy Share Image
I think I'm a journalist in one sense - I want to communicate to people about certain things that are happening around… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
The poet…is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names,… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Whatever you want," he said. "Will you please come here now?" I slipped a piece of protective tissue over my drawing and… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers. — Alan Bold Copy Share Image
Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children. — Alphonse Daudet Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“In the 404 verses in Revelation, there are about 278 allusions to the Old Testament.” — Mark Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“Wine is like poetry. If it's good wine. If it's not, then it's a tragedy.” — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image
“[Poetry] is a field where England can take on all challengers.” — Patrick Leigh Fermor Copy Share Image
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