“A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong,… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
We are held in his lies, calling him leader All our lives we listen to his sweet caressing words, savoring each taste,… — Curly Girl Copy Share Image
“It's easy to convince men to love you, Puck. All you have to do is be a mountain they have to climb… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“You read and write and sing and experience, thinking that one day these things will build the character you admire to live… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Before I was a parent I was struck by Rilke, who, as you know, didn't go to his daughter's wedding because he… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
You must believe: a poem is a holy thing - a good poem, that is. The poem, even a short time after… — Theodore Roethke Copy Share Image
A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
“YEN What happens if you take a cup? Put it to your lips. A cup of desire. Of dazzling colour. Of intoxicating… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
“imagine the desert mothers, with hair tangled tighter than their theology and breasts that flowed milk and mystic wisdom. they knew how… — Beth Morey Copy Share Image
“Ti si moj trenutak i moj san i sjajna moja reč u šumu i samo si lepota koliko si tajna i samo… — Jovan Dučić Copy Share Image
“I won't be stuck in traffic 'til I see how rugged my path is And right now I'm loving how fast my… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“To write a poem...to paint an image on canvass from the contemplation of nature and life...is to be present again in this… — Deeper sense of presence Isabella koldras Copy Share Image
“You take my breath away From mile away Hair, twice as nice Smile is your make up, angelic face You light up… — Patrick Cruz Copy Share Image
“A Poem For Papa She visit you on any giving day. With only a few words to say. She bow her head… — Ray Price Billy Copy Share Image
“The salamanders, like tiny birds, locked into formation, fly down into the endless mysteries of the transforming water, and how could anyone… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“If their tears could be read, as the blind can read braille Would your eyes then be opened to another & how… — Christine Upton Copy Share Image
“What’s there to find in a broken heart if not assembled pieces of love for a pristine start What’s there to see… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“Every time I watch Lady and the Tramp I think "SHE'S HAVING SOME OF YOUR PASTA!" "QUICK! EAT IT ALL! EAT IT… — Francesco Marciuliano Copy Share Image
“Poems ought to reflect the work the poet does, and his relationships with other people, and family, and institutions, and organization.” — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since,… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“ The Cloudy Vase Past time, I threw the flowers out, washed out the cloudy vase. How easily the old clearness leapt,… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
“kau bukan gula-gula kapas, yang bagiku cuma lembut, kau terlahir sebagai popkon, yang rangup dan manis, yang aku nikmati dalam gelap, menghadap… — Salleh Razak Copy Share Image
Heres a poem, about the feelings I had. the feelings inside of me, that never seemed bad. yet here I am, looking… — Brandon Wagner Copy Share Image
“We've all led raucous lives, some of them inside, some of them out. But only the poem you leave behind is what's… — Charles Wright Copy Share Image
“The assignment was to fall in love. The details were up to you. The second part was to include in the poem… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
“thinking: I wanna walk across water like sound , as her skin remembers a distant prickling, another season, a sun and a… — Toby Fitch Copy Share Image
I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, I marvel at the wonder of how graceful words seem to appear pen to paper; in others' hands And I think… — Joy Chua Copy Share Image
A day will come when man will discover an alphabet in the eyes of the chalcedonies, in the marking of the moth,… — Alejo Carpentier Copy Share Image
“Unable and crippled I am As I gaze into the vastness The vastness that harbors your praise And glories of the best… — Anila Aboo Copy Share Image
“Give me the purple smoke, rising higher and higher into my brain until I dance with the purple butterflies.” -Girl with the… — Rochelle H. Ragnarok Copy Share Image
If I'm working on a poem, it's at the forefront of my mind; I'm working on it when I'm cooking dinner or… — Maxine Kumin Copy Share Image
“Pain will humble ones soul,my pain was necessary as it humbled me beyond my limitations,I do not rush what is meant to… — Patience Kudzu Copy Share Image
The first poem in The Beauty holds a woman in Portugal in a wheelchair singing, with great power, a fado. I have… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
“No matter how right or how beautiful your path is, never try to impose your path on others! Remember that flowers by… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
A good poem is an amazing thing: a perfectly distilled, articulate moment. It opens you up - sometimes slowly, like the blooming… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“One thing has led to the next in my life, but like lines of a poem. I suppose I've thrown in my… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“So Lightning says to Mud, “What would happen if I struck your blood?” And Mud says, “Brother, It would hurt, And make… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
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