“Theirs two ways to become a famous Poet, find that one person that knows somebody, that knows somebody, that knows somebody. Or… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it… — Aaron Neville Copy Share Image
I write a book of poems and then the characters won't go away so I write a play from that. — Grace Cavalieri Copy Share Image
Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads… — George Murray Copy Share Image
“I mean you ask me not to fall in love with you and then you go write poems with your tongue and… — Clementine von Radics Copy Share Image
All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“They're auras, Davey. I see them, too. The longer you stare at them, the wider the energy field expands until more colors… — Christina Westover Copy Share Image
I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
“She began to whisper something in my ear. It’s the strangest thing about poetry—you can tell it’s poetry, even if you don’t… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“When I examine my mind and try to discern clearly in the matter, I cannot satisfy myself that there are any such… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Therefore, poets do not 'fit' into society, not because a place is denied them but because they do not take their 'places'… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“I foresee,’ said Goethe, ‘the dawn of a new literature which all people may claim as their own, for all have contributed… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I know they're not actually talking but the books on my desk seem to whisper "Drop what you're doing! Set aside your… — Edward Sanders Copy Share Image
Queen Latifah was writing poetry. Maybe Latifah's 'Ladies First' and Angelou's 'Phenomenal Woman' are the same thing, a generation apart. — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want,… — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of… — Democritus Copy Share Image
“Cada vez que te enamores no expliques a nadie nada, deja que el amor te invada sin entrar en pormenores” — Mario Benedetti Copy Share Image
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Whatever your life's pursuit -- art, poetry, sculpture, music, whatever your occupation may be -- you can be as spiritual as clergy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances. — Douglas Dunn Copy Share Image
I've sung in Russian, I've done an anecdote in Russian and a poem in Russian. My mother can no longer say I'm… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I enjoyed writing stories whenever there was call to do it at school, and started writing bad poetry when I was doing… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
When I was 18 years old I went to Shakespeare Company, the school, and I wrote a poem about my leaves -… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
“This process is what the poet E. E. Cummings would call the moment you feel you are nobody but yourself.” — Hilaria Baldwin Copy Share Image
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
There's two ways to become a famous Poet, find that one person that knows somebody, that knows somebody, that knows somebody. Or… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
The real giants have always been poets, men who jumped from facts into the realm of imagination and ideas. — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
“Our spirits are connected honey. Wrapped in firsts of gnarled heartache. But I promise not to let go if you don't.” — Alfa H Copy Share Image
Unborn eternity does not die; existence is dying and falls asleep in the eternity beyond existence. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
I have committed many sins in my life. This precise sin-the sin against poets-is without absolution. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
At each moment, a poem might grow into a totally different shape. It is not so much like working in a garden.… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
First of all I think that poetry is very noble and I always have with me the sense of the nobility of… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
A poem, once it's written, is meant to be read with the inner voice of the person who reads it. — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
I mainly wanted non-english writing poets, because I loved the idea that I was translating translations. — Simone Muench Copy Share Image
“Like wind and fire, water and soil, we used one another, to grow and blossom. Love was a dream, elusive as were… — Iva Hotko Copy Share Image
What believer sees a disturbing omission or infelicity? The text, whether of prophet or of poet, expands for whatever we can put… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
