We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do. — Isaac Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“your smile. is the ultimate golden dream. all the poems in the world are waking up from.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I liked a tremendous number of poets and writers. The person whose work I liked the most was… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
“There are many unspeakable words, forgotten, or forbidden. Great thanks to the poets who make them all become reachable.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“depth and substance. the two most exquisite qualities. be it in a poem or a person.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
“We became poets before we learned to walk Our roots dug deep with the slight touch of love Our leaves sprouted after… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair. — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
Certainly the modern poets I cherish most are disturbing spirits; they do not come to coo. — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
“When the others were picked up and walked home by friends or fathers or best friend’s sisters, I was the kid in… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
In pursuing certain virtues - colorful local effects, personae and personality, juxtaposition, close calls with nonsense, uncertainty, critiques of ordinary language -… — Stephen Burt Copy Share Image
Most poets who have little or nothing to say are concerned primarily with the way in which they say it ... if… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
Poetry fills clubs, halls and venues. Poets and poems can talk to the deepest feelings and to the silliest. It can be… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
“It is the poets, artists, and musicians that will carry us through the pandemic attacks into a new reality. They are the… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who… — Carolyn Kizer Copy Share Image
“The whole world goes on and on about love. Poets spend their lives writing about it. Everyone thinks it's the most wonderful… — Mark A. Roeder Copy Share Image
“I used to know Brian Howard well -- a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes. In later life he became very… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“The aching in my chest isn't because I miss you, it's realizing that you have become someone I no longer know, your… — Tanzy Sayadi Copy Share Image
“This night shalt thou know the favour of the Gods, and behold on Parnassus those dreams which the Gods have through ages… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves of Grass,' or William… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
“He is smitten on the brain, -he reads and writes verses! I caught him in the act! Fools might say he was… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how… — Jan Clausen Copy Share Image
“What poets, I cried aloud, as one does in the dusk, what poets they were! In a sort of jealousy, I suppose,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not… — Plato Copy Share Image
Life would die without poets, and democracy must have its spellbinders. — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
Babies are not brought by storks and poets are not produced by workshops. — James Fenton Copy Share Image
