I don't think that you can say by any stretch of the imagination that all Wisconsin or Brooklyn-based poets write in a… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
“A poem was a box for your soul. That was the point. It was the place where you could save bits of… — Andrea Ashworth Copy Share Image
Don't assume a parable narrates something that actually happened. Recognize that apocalyptic is filled with symbols. Expect a lot of metaphors in… — Craig Blomberg Copy Share Image
“Wanting All Husband, it's fine the way your mind performs Like a circus, sharp As a sword somebody has To swallow, rough… — Alicia Ostriker Copy Share Image
“Outside, the meadows - dewy and golden are cloaked in summer blooms. My heart, scorching and desolate sighs and sings sad songs… — Neena H Brar Copy Share Image
The speaker tentatively reaches out with that feeling and realizes that it's kind of absurd, or at least a dangerous consolation, which… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up - the comfortable blue sky, the familiar… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“The first verses establish an immediate correspondence with what Revelation was later to recount about the creation of humankind: “He [God] taught… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
A lot of people think they can write poetry, and many do, because they can figure out how to line up the… — Cynthia Rylant Copy Share Image
“You carried your infant daughter in one arm, and walked with me, a child six years of age, tired, trudging beside you.… — Parnaz Foroutan Copy Share Image
I remember I was a child, and when I grew up I was a poet. It all happened at sixty miles an… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own,… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Your life is full of shit, No one takes care of you not by a bit. Finally go and open your eyes,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Welcome to America, a Wall Street Corporation Where the stockholders are rich and own this nation Where cubicle preparation masquerades as education… — Justin Wetch Copy Share Image
“i've been reading whitman, you know what he says, cheer up slaves, and horrify foreign despots, he means that's the attitude for… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
I haven't seen any poet in this country behave nearly as rudely as Newt Gingrich or Bill O'Reilly. I'm not asking these… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
“WHAT KIND OF TIMES ARE THESE There’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill and the old… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“No,” Jason said. “No ban.” The idea that Vale might write poems about him was deliriously wonderful. His heart squeezed and jolted.… — Leta Blake Copy Share Image
I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“In most cases the name is unpoetical, although the fact is poetical. In the case of Smith, the name is so poetical… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“This is poetry, but it is not delicate and fragile, a placid ocean beneath a Bible vese on an inspirational poster. This… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same Meeter Ballad-mongers: I had rather heare a Brazen… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“indeed there are soul realities,” with “mein liebster” at a safe distance. “I have never had one at all like it, and… — Megan Marshall Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of emotional satisfaction in the elegant demonstration, in the elegant ordering of facts into theories, and in… — Robert Watson-Watt Copy Share Image
What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is… — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
The essay I had to read was called, "An Essay on Criticism" by Alexander Pope. The first challenge was that the essay… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
“[Judith Shakespeare] lives in you and in me [...] she lives; for great poets do not die; they are continuing presences; they… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
My father is a poet. He's a literary giant of this country - writes in Hindi - and also quite unique because… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
But I think for me, writing poetry when I was younger really helped me to condense an idea or a story into… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When I devoted myself to poetry - and poetry is a very serious medium - I don't think the people that knew… — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
“A few cold words on yonder stone, A corpse as cold as they can be - Vain words, and mouldering dust, alone… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
“Death was everywhere. Death was everything. Career. Desire. Dream. Poetry. Love. Youth itself. Dying became just another way of living. Graveyards sprang… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“My friend Debbie from Texas sent me a poem to cheer me up. Her father told her that a friend of his… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
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