“Writing a poem doubles, triples the experience or connection that initiated it.” — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
The religion of the heart is as intimate as a wish breathed to the night sky. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...if human nature were not a mystery, we'd have no need of poets.” — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“It was so important to him, and he made it important to me: poetry, and language, and how we use it to… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“It’s okay if I don’t understand everything or have it all figured out. I’m not trying to save the world. I’m just… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
“When I stand strong in you I can look beyond the clouds With your words The sun will rise again” — April Nichole Copy Share Image
“I like my things hurried and haunted. Night tea darktime. Sacred geometry, secret geometry petal-flame whisper: I am here, and you aren't.” — Virginia Petrucci Copy Share Image
We believe we will raise the sky, we got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Amé, fuí amado, el sol acarició mi faz. ¡Vida, nada me debes! ¡Vida, estamos en paz! I loved, I was loved, the… — Amado Nervo Copy Share Image
I write poems about relationships, love relationships, and I'm not able to do that all the time. I could go two years… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“By the way, is there any difference between 'grey' and 'gray'? I believe there is, but I don't know what it is.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“We were fair game but we have kept out of the cesspool. We are strong. We are the good ones. Do not… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“Katie, I want you. I can’t make it poetry. I can’t make it sound anything other than crude, because it is. I… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“You wrote in a poem, “I love your body,” as if love was for you embodied in the senses, and yet more… — David Plante Copy Share Image
Poetry relishes ripe fruit - but ripe is one thing and overripe quite another. That's something poetry doesn't like, so it couldn't… — Kiki Dimoula Copy Share Image
“…my sacred landscape is the foothills of the stars - I go there often to sleep ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“The work is to somehow talk ourselves beyond / the sleepiness of selfhood” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think poetry can lead to policy, and I can hear the laughter when I say that. — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. — Philip Levine Copy Share Image
“I have found that happiness is a defiant act of bravery in spite of a callous world.” — Liz Newman Copy Share Image
Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry. — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“something genuine like a mark in a toilet, graced with guts and gutted with grace” — E.E. Cummings Copy Share Image
