--- title: "16 Life Poem Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Life Poem quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Life Poem sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/susie-clevenger-33308_inspirational_life-is-a-poem-just-waiting-to-be-writte_1236901.jpg" --- > [“Life is a poem just waiting to be written, lift your pen and speak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susie-clevenger/life-is-a-poem-just-waiting-to-be-written-lift-your-pen-and-speak/) [Susie Clevenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susie-clevenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/susie-clevenger-33308_inspirational_life-is-a-poem-just-waiting-to-be-writte_1236901.jpg) > [Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matsuo-basho/every-moment-of-life-is-the-last-every-poem-is-a-death-poem/) [Matsuo Basho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matsuo-basho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/matsuo-basho-7207_death_every-moment-of-life-is-the-last-every-p_1375024.jpg) > [Life is a poem most people never read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-overmire/life-is-a-poem-most-people-never-read/) [Laurence Overmire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-overmire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/laurence-overmire-11909_life_life-is-a-poem-most-people-never-read-20_2072837.jpg) > [if I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-clifford-barney/if-i-had-one-ambition-it-was-to-make-my-life-itself-into-a-poem/) [Natalie Clifford Barney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-clifford-barney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/natalie-clifford-barney-9971_ambition_if-i-had-one-ambition-it-was-to-make-my_1790676.jpg) > [You had turned my life to a poem and its rhythm makes my dears and nears to rejoice ever and ever Happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-had-turned-my-life-to-a-poem-and-its-rhythm-makes-my-dears-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/anonymous-1_anniversary_you-had-turned-my-life-to-a-poem-and-its_50371.jpg) > [“The Life is Poem, we write when we are Young, sing along all through Life, and we reap the truth when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-t-v-rao-md/the-life-is-poem-we-write-when-we-are-young-sing-along-all-through/) [Dr.T.V.Rao MD](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-t-v-rao-md/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/dr-t-v-rao-md-25586_poem_the-life-is-poem-we-write-when-we-are-yo_114090.jpg) > [“life is not a poem, nor a paragraph, it is a sentence, i can end it at anytime”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-lambias/life-is-not-a-poem-nor-a-paragraph-it-is-a-sentence-i-can-end-it-at/) [Dani Lambias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-lambias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/dani-lambias-230276_depression_life-is-not-a-poem-nor-a-paragraph-it-is_2989450.jpg) > [“What was hard was discovering the true life of the poem inside its technical scaffolding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-wagner-martin/what-was-hard-was-discovering-the-true-life-of-the-poem-inside-its/) [Linda Wagner-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-wagner-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/linda-wagner-martin-36170_life_what-was-hard-was-discovering-the-true-l_1262111.jpg) > [“My life has been the poem I could have writ But I could not both live and utter it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/my-life-has-been-the-poem-i-could-have-writ-but-i-could-not-both-live/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/henry-david-thoreau-20_life_my-life-has-been-the-poem-i-could-have-w_2990913.jpg) > [My life has been the poem I would have writ, But I could not both live and utter it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/my-life-has-been-the-poem-i-would-have-writ-but-i-could-not-both-live/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/henry-david-thoreau-20_funny_my-life-has-been-the-poem-i-would-have-w_3137282.jpg) > [“Life is a poem It doesn't give us everything. Just some things. Two sturdy branches. A basket of dawns. If we stitch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-k-anderson/life-is-a-poem-it-doesn-t-give-us-everything-just-some-things-two/) [Jarod K. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-k-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/jarod-k-anderson-70543_life_life-is-a-poem-it-doesn-t-give-us-everyt_1990915.jpg) > [“If life is a poem, be the poet. If life is a story, be the author. If life is an adventure, be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/if-life-is-a-poem-be-the-poet-if-life-is-a-story-be-the-author-if/) [Steve Maraboli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-maraboli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/steve-maraboli-178_adventure_if-life-is-a-poem-be-the-poet-if-life-is_2475998.jpg) > [But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. They may not have two spondees to rub together but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/but-most-men-regard-their-life-as-a-poem-that-women-threaten-they-may/) [Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/alan-bennett-1922_activity_but-most-men-regard-their-life-as-a-poem_109519.jpg) > [I believe every space and comma is a living part of the poem and has its function, just as every muscle and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-levertov/i-believe-every-space-and-comma-is-a-living-part-of-the-poem-and-has/) [Denise Levertov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-levertov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/denise-levertov-4487_believe_i-believe-every-space-and-comma-is-a-liv_39584.png) > [He was weary of himself, of cold ideas and brain dreams. Life a poem? Not when you went about forever poetizing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jens-peter-jacobsen/he-was-weary-of-himself-of-cold-ideas-and-brain-dreams-life-a-poem/) [Jens Peter Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jens-peter-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/jens-peter-jacobsen-33997_brain_he-was-weary-of-himself-of-cold-ideas-an_1341176.jpg) > [“You have a picture of life within you, a faith, a challenge, and you were ready for deeds and sufferings and sacrifices,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/you-have-a-picture-of-life-within-you-a-faith-a-challenge-and-you/) [Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/hermann-hesse-130_creative-work_you-have-a-picture-of-life-within-you-a_658309.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-poem/#itemlist", "name": "Life Poem Quotes", "numberOfItems": 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To live any other way is a waste of this experience we call life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Maraboli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/if-life-is-a-poem-be-the-poet-if-life-is-a-story-be-the-author-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/steve-maraboli-178_adventure_if-life-is-a-poem-be-the-poet-if-life-is_2475998.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/steve-maraboli-178_adventure_if-life-is-a-poem-be-the-poet-if-life-is_2475998.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/steve-maraboli-178_adventure_if-life-is-a-poem-be-the-poet-if-life-is_2475998.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If life is a poem, be the poet. If life is a story, be the author. If life is an adventure, be the hero. 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They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still want to pen their saga untrammelled by life-threatening activities like trailing round Sainsbury's, emptying the dishwasher or going to the nativity play.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Bennett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/but-most-men-regard-their-life-as-a-poem-that-women-threaten-they-may/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/alan-bennett-1922_activity_but-most-men-regard-their-life-as-a-poem_109519.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/alan-bennett-1922_activity_but-most-men-regard-their-life-as-a-poem_109519.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/alan-bennett-1922_activity_but-most-men-regard-their-life-as-a-poem_109519.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. 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And the way the lines are broken is a functioning part essential to the life of the poem.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Denise Levertov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-levertov/i-believe-every-space-and-comma-is-a-living-part-of-the-poem-and-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/denise-levertov-4487_believe_i-believe-every-space-and-comma-is-a-liv_39584.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/denise-levertov-4487_believe_i-believe-every-space-and-comma-is-a-liv_39584.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/denise-levertov-4487_believe_i-believe-every-space-and-comma-is-a-liv_39584.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe every space and comma is a living part of the poem and has its function, just as every muscle and…” — Denise Levertov", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He was weary of himself, of cold ideas and brain dreams. Life a poem? Not when you went about forever poetizing about your own life instead of living it. How innocuous it all was, and empty, empty, empty! This chasing after yourself, craftily observing your own tracks--in a circle, of course. This sham diving into the stream of life while all the time you sat angling after yourself, fishing yourself up in one curious disguise or another! If he could only be overwhelmed by something--life, love, passion--so that he could no longer shape it into poems, but had to let it shape him!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jens Peter Jacobsen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jens-peter-jacobsen/he-was-weary-of-himself-of-cold-ideas-and-brain-dreams-life-a-poem/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/jens-peter-jacobsen-33997_brain_he-was-weary-of-himself-of-cold-ideas-an_1341176.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/jens-peter-jacobsen-33997_brain_he-was-weary-of-himself-of-cold-ideas-an_1341176.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/jens-peter-jacobsen-33997_brain_he-was-weary-of-himself-of-cold-ideas-an_1341176.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He was weary of himself, of cold ideas and brain dreams. Life a poem? Not when you went about forever…” — Jens Peter Jacobsen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You have a picture of life within you, a faith, a challenge, and you were ready for deeds and sufferings and sacrifices, and then you became aware by degrees that the world asked no deeds and no sacrifices of you whatever, and that life is no poem of heroism with heroic parts to play and so on, but a comfortable room where people are quite content with eating and drinking, coffee and knitting, cards and wireless. And whoever wants more and has got it in him--the heroic and the beautiful, and the reverence for the great poets or for the saints--is a fool and a Don Quixote. Good. And it has been just the same for me, my friend. I was a gifted girl. I was meant to live up to a high standard, to expect much of myself and do great things. I could have played a great part. I could have been the wife of a king, the beloved of a revolutionary, the sister of a genius, the mother of a martyr. And life has allowed me just this, to be a courtesan of fairly good taste, and even that has been hard enough. That is how things have gone with me. For a while I was inconsolable and for a long time I put the blame on myself. Life, thought I, must in the end be in the right, and if life scorned my beautiful dreams, so I argued, it was my dreams that were stupid and wrong headed. But that did not help me at all. And as I had good eyes and ears and was a little inquisitive too, I took a good look at this so-called life and at my neighbors and acquaintances, fifty or so of them and their destinies, and then I saw you. And I knew that my dreams had been right a thousand times over, just as yours had been. It was life and reality that were wrong. It was as little right that a woman like me should have no other choice than to grow old in poverty and in a senseless way at a typewriter in the pay of a money-maker, or to marry such a man for his money's sake, or to become some kind of drudge, as for a man like you to be forced in his loneliness and despair to have recourse to a razor. Perhaps the trouble with me was more material and moral and with you more spiritual--but it was the same road. Do you think I can't understand your horror of the fox trot, your dislike of bars and dancing floors, your loathing of jazz and the rest of it? I understand it only too well, and your dislike of politics as well, your despondence over the chatter and irresponsible antics of the parties and the press, your despair over the war, the one that has been and the one that is to be, over all that people nowadays think, read and build, over the music they play, the celebrations they hold, the education they carry on. You are right, Steppenwolf, right a thousand times over, and yet you must go to the wall. You are much too exacting and hungry for this simple, easygoing and easily contented world of today. You have a dimension too many. Whoever wants to live and enjoy his life today must not be like you and me. 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