Poetry Quotes · Page 56

“Haikus are easy But sometimes don't make sense Refrigerator”

— Rolf Nelson

“Art is not the handmaid of politics. It is its own remedy! And its healing is sacral.”

— William Everson

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.

— Wallace Stevens

“You'll never be able to silence the woman who was born to write.”

— Melody Lee

Sholeh Wolpé poetry proves to be rumination, prayer, song.

— Nathalie Handal

“It's ironic, isn't it? How hope keeps us breathing just to kill us in the end.”

— Nicole Lyons

I am not interested in poetry for poetry's sake.

— Ernesto Cardenal

“Love left us long back, we just got better. You at pretending, Me at hiding.”

— Anjum Choudhary

“Mungkin seseorang masih tak tahu lirih perih dalam rintik rindu ini. Selamat malam, kamu yg berlalu dalam gerimis.”

— Helvy Tiana Rosa

All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Your life is a stage and you are the poet so pour your heart out, let them listen and be heard. Let…

— Pamela Matongo

“A message from Love: Write my name in silent script upon your heart; and then… go anywhere, and be what you have…

— Heather K. O'Hara

“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.”

— Sara Sheridan

“I will only let you touch me if your hands are so full of intention that every brush of your palms feels…

— Azra. T

Maybe that is the power of poetry. It somehow transcends news cycles, and becomes a part of our collective imagination. That is…

— Kwame Dawes

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

— Ambrose Bierce

“ The Song of Wandering Aengus I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut…

— Anonymous

“The Abundant Chamber by Stewart Stafford Divest yourself of sword and coin, And burn all your illusions and airs, Let the cave…

— Stewart Stafford

“I was the solitary plover a pencil for a wing-bone From the secret notes I must tilt upon the pressure execute and…

— Lorine Niedecker

I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself…

— Orhan Pamuk

“The memories come back like the rainbow after the rain with all the hues and shades of color and an unending train…

— Avijeet Das

Loving you I thought I'll forget every pain, i'll now live without, yesterday's blames. Poor heart thought love is the only gain,…

— Senora Roy

“In all ages woman has been the source of all that is pure, unselfish, and heroic in the spirit and life of…

— Anonymous

“She winced and covered her ears as Eric,onstage, wrestled with his microphone. "Sorry about that, guys!" he yelled. "All right. I'm Eric,…

— Cassandra Clare

The BFI exists to celebrate all poets of world cinema, of the past and present.

— Anthony Minghella

Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock.

— Anonymous

And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse

— John Milton

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity.

— Marianne Moore

Poets are always taking the weather so personally.

— Anonymous

Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.

— Anonymous

If a poet interprets a poem of his own he limits its suggestibility.

— William Butler Yeats

Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?

— Gary D. Schmidt

- How is he in bed? Gladiator or poet? - Hmmm... A poetic gladiator.

— Anonymous

“A fallen blossom returning to the bough, I thought -- But no, a butterfly.”

— Arakida Moritake

“Fires Burn in my heart. No smoke rises. No one knows.”

— Kenneth Rexroth

Poetry [is] more necessary than ever as a fire to light our tongues.

— Naomi Shihab Nye

Writing a poem is unwriting a knot, like untying a shoelace that is clubbing your foot.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.

— Anonymous

Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets.

— George Farquhar