Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes,… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
I wrote a staggeringly bad poem when I was 19 after a girlfriend dumped me. I seem to remember comparing her to… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“No matter how you were taught by your teacher about how to recite a poem, it is impossible to wear your teacher's… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Still perfect,” he said. “Read to me.” “This isn’t really a poem to read aloud when you are sitting next to your… — John Green Copy Share Image
“It's just me throwing myself at you, romance as usual, us times us, not lust but moxibustion, a substance burning close to… — Alice Fulton Copy Share Image
Why don't we all take the time and do what this class in the poem have done. Think about what our actions… — Nikki Marie Copy Share Image
“A day will come when men will discover an alphabet in the eyes of chalcedonies, in the markings of the moth, and… — Alejo Carpentier Copy Share Image
“All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide; but a hidden star can still be… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“A poem was a box for your soul. That was the point. It was the place where you could save bits of… — Andrea Ashworth Copy Share Image
Your life is full of shit, No one takes care of you not by a bit. Finally go and open your eyes,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the… — Charles Wolfe Copy Share Image
“This wobbly world host to insects and lint and a thousand pithy ways to feel unserious each minute It brings about a… — Erin J. Watson Copy Share Image
“Poetic justice, with her lifted scale, Where, in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs, And solid pudding against empty praise. Here… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“I remember the morning you walked back from the sea, dirty trousers rolled, your feet pale as prisoners, poems and broken shells… — Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
“…she made a poem on it at once, the lines singing themselves through her consciousness without effort. With one side of her… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
A poet must never make a statement simply because it sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true." -… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
“I paid, got up, walked to the door, opened it. I heard the man say, "that guy's nuts." out on the street… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“...my body has become another country and I feel like an unemployed illegal alien how will I survive where I do not… — Patrick Califia-Rice Copy Share Image
The poem that became the song 'Gold All Over the Ground' was written during 1967, when my dad was really falling in… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
“she has craters but only a fool can deny her beauty. She silently stare sun whole night & reflects his light his… — Lokesh Fouzdar Copy Share Image
If you look at the world with parted lips and a pure heart, and will the good, won't that make a true… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
If there would be a recipe for a poem, these would be the ingredients: word sounds, rhythm, description, feeling, memory, rhyme, and… — Karla Kuskin Copy Share Image
“Scientific People, unscientific mind; why are we dividing the world which could shine? Between religion and science, all what matters is human… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
“«Like a fossil tree From which we gather no flowers Sad has been my life Fated no fruit to produce.» Death poem… — Stephen Turnbull Copy Share Image
For me, the short story is not a character sketch, a mouse trap, an epiphany, a slice of suburban life. It is… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“Eagle's flight of loneliness soars so high Around its sigh, no more alone the sky Other birds remain away, clouds pass by… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“You fell because you were looking to fall, You fell because you’re kind. Your humans called you Daydreamer girl, but you fell… — F.K. Preston Copy Share Image
The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Another Christmas Poem Blood Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup: Peace on earth, goodwill to men, And make them… — Wendy Cope Copy Share Image
“When I was young and miserable and pretty And poor, I'd wish What all girls wish: to have a husband, A house… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“That kiss, I cannot describe. It was like a poem, a prayer, a homecoming unlooked-for. It was like dungeon walls crumbling to… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“And when next I feel the dawn’s light, I open my hand and set the butterfly free, Knowing she does not appear… — Natalie Miller Copy Share Image
For every half, there is a whole. For every hand, there's one to hold. For every poem, there is a meaning. And… — Murali Iyengar Copy Share Image
“There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, And turns… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
“I'll never let you brood over my numbness As long as your onion love I peel and cry I'll never let you… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“He sits, silent, no longer mistaking the cable news for company— and when he talks, he talks of childhood, remembering some slight… — Anthony Walton Copy Share Image
When I lose all wards and can't make sense, when all meanings of life confuses me and I can't open up to… — Abeer Shennawy Copy Share Image
