I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
Memory exercised in a particular way is a natural gift of poetic genius. The poet above all else, is a person who… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
“Leaves I twist between my fingers, closing my eyes as thoughts drift. Into the momentous winds of time, the red-orange will soon… — Susan L. Marshall Copy Share Image
Once a poet always a poet, and even though I haven't written poems for a long time, I can nonetheless say that… — Jack Driscoll Copy Share Image
“I want to be the one you run to. I want to be the one you miss. I want your arms to… — Rachel Nicole Wagner Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, no amount of investing, no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save… — Anonymous 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
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 had let it all grow. I had supposed It was all OK. Your life Was a liner I voyaged in. Costly… — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
“Each poem holds the voice of a moment. Held within, they are contained, damned to silence; released, they fly into the world… — Noa Daniels Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
I dream of a collaboration that will become so complete that, often, the poet will think as musician and the musician as… — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
“The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first.… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
I was very rebellious, but my family was strict Christians - they would ask us, "What's the shortest verse in the Bible?"… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
“Werther identifies himself with the madman, with the footman. As a reader, I can identify myself with Werther. Historically, thousands of subjects… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Literature remains alive only if we set ourselves immeasurable goals, far beyond all hope of achievement. Only if poets and writers set… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“They took him to Wagner festivals and Burne-Jones’s private views. They read him all the minor poets. They booked seats for him… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
My parents' generation was definitely pre-telly, and they knew how to entertain each other. Everybody knew something that they could do -… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
“I don’t trust masters who can’t be down-to-earth. For me they’re like those eccentric poets who can’t write like everybody else. I… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
IN PERSIA I SAW that poetry is meant to be set to music & chanted or sung--for one reason alone--because it works.A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us - and if we do not agree, seems to put its hand… — John Keats Copy Share Image
You know for some strange reason I like to write the verse first. I mean I know the majority of people do… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
“I remember a verse I once spotted that Julia had highlighted in her Bible: The truth will set you free. I’ve never… — Regina Calcaterra Copy Share Image
“I really don't like art with a message, unless the message is crystal clear. If you have a message that really needs… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
“A night of exhilaration, of boredom and terror, in which the merest of sounds took on other forms - grew large in… — richard skelton 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
Where the government has got it seriously wrong is to imagine that poetry is about right and wrong answers, that poetry has… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When you work in form, be it a sonnet or villanelle or whatever, the form is there and you have to fill… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership,… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
I did not know that 'poetess' was an insult, and that I myself would some day be called one. I did not… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
My sense of the poet is classical - the poet is one who makes poems. In each book, I develop and repeat… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
“A real patriot wont pretend everything is fine Sit back in an arm chair and blissfully recline While the streets burn I’ll… — Justin Wetch Copy Share Image
Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
“God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in… — Socrates Copy Share Image
![“Leaves I twist between my fingers, closing my eyes as thoughts drift. Into the momentous winds of time, the red-orange will soon afloat. For Autumn hues are unravelling through the waning summer days. ‘Tis the season of yearning passion and lyric to my heart and mind. [Ever Changing Rhythms of Life]” quote by Susan L. Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cb2/susan-l-marshall-26831_autumn_leaves-i-twist-between-my-fingers-closin_1624289.jpg)
![“The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first. [The first concept of a 'big bang' theory of the universe.]” quote by Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cb4/erasmus-darwin-17186_big-bang_the-mass-starts-into-a-million-suns-eart_235851.jpg)
