Until recently, I thought 'occasional poetry' meant that you wrote only occasionally. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“Embrace your inner goddess, never let go of the light you carry within.” — Cynthia Dougherty-Bernal Copy Share Image
Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare! — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“It is widely held among scholars that the Prologue is a preexisting poem that the author of John has incorporated into his… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“They chased money, fast cars, and business empires. And all I ever wanted was to stare at the stars in the night… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
“Whitman's poems present no trace of rhyme, save in a couple or so of chance instances. Parts of them, indeed, may be… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Maturing as a poet means maturing as the whole man, experiencing new emotions appropriate to one's age, and with the same intensity… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Poetry is poetry, and one's objective as a poet is to achieve poetry precisely as one's objective in music is to achieve… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
“Some people are so accepting of mediocrity, that they think that living a passion filled life is a fairytale. Prove them wrong.” — Alfa H Copy Share Image
See how weak prose is… Presently I shall go to a bar and there one or two poets will speak to me… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
Modern storytellers are the descendants of an immense and ancient community of holy people, troubadours, bards, griots, cantadoras, cantors, traveling poets, bums,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
“You never know that. I don't know it; Robert Lowell doesn't know it; John Berryman didn't know it; and Shakespeare probably didn't… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
“Like a pair of old slippers, I feel comfort and warmth as I slip into you. No, that is too crude. Like… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“On No Work of Words On no work of words now for three lean months in the bloody Belly of the rich… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
“Memory Verse Study Guide Jesus’ mission statement for the church is to make disciples. These pivotal verses (Matthew 28:18-20) are commonly referred… — Greg Ogden Copy Share Image
“I screamed at myself in the subway for writing poems about you still. I made a scene. I think about you almost… — Jon Sands Copy Share Image
And Mandelstam says a poet - you go down to the shore and you see an unlikely looking from a bottle from… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“...some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The poets continually and sometimes wilfully mistake love. Love is the old slaughterer. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Forever, if she promises to never part the ocean where the river sings.” — Delano Johnson Copy Share Image
