I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. — Zona Gale Copy Share Image
“In this mortal frame of mine which is made of a hundred bones and nine orifices there is something, and this something is called a wind-swept spirit for lack of a better name, for it is much like a thin drapery that is torn and swept away at the slightest stir of the wind. This something in me took to… — Bashō Matsuo Copy Share
My love of poetry comes from the "actualization" I experienced in the poetry of others. And I was reading it silently and… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“We must first understand what the purport of society and the aim of government is held to be. If it be your… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: When you are reconciled to the fact that… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It's not a love of poetry readings that attracts those who do come to them but theater. — A. R. Ammons Copy Share Image
