In England, we'd leave school at 15 and go on to a college, and I went to further education in a town… — Donovan Copy Share Image
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“Dancing on Dewdrops" was written to be a pleasant reading experience that flows from one section to the next. It expresses the… — Mark John Terranova Copy Share Image
The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Copy Share Image
Best believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
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I'm a line-maker. I think that's what makes poets different from prose-writers. That's the main way. We think, not just in sentences… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
The real question should be: what makes a good political poem? The possible answers to that question are both obvious and yet… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
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In Phebus realm, in knowledge as in verse,All things are clear, the sun of Phoebus clear,Clear was his crystal, the Kastalian.What you… — Esaias Tegner Copy Share Image
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Words are so often used in the opposite sense, as a screen of diversion. It's the struggle towards truthfulness which is the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
The ancient Greeks, poets, authors and philosophers all puzzled over the question but nobody really knows what love is - including me.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
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As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
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![“His [Death] voice is cold at first, John. It seems unfeeling. But if you listen without fear, you find that when he speaks, the most ordinary words become poetry. When he stands close to you, your life becomes a song, a praise. When he touches you, your smallest talents become gold; the most…” quote by Martine Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b74/martine-leavitt-20406_break_his-death-voice-is-cold-at-first-john-it_934268.jpg)
