“It is essential that we always repeat: we the people, we the people, we the people.” — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
If the poem has no obvious destination, there's a chance that we'll be all setting off on an interesting ride. — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
“We both knew something wasn't quite right, but we clung on, used each other like cigarettes: casual, habitual, slow death. Why?” — Vironika Wilde Copy Share Image
A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
“Four simple chambers. A thousand complicated doors. One of them is yours.” — Jill Alexander Essbaum Copy Share Image
“Why this candle? Why this cake? The day of my birth is not today. I was born when you said, 'Hey.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
There are those fortunate hours when the world consents to be made into a poem. — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“If the world stops spinning, slowing to a crawl. I will continue to dream of you. Until, I no longer dream at… — Jessica de la Davies Copy Share Image
One of my favorite passages in 'Leaves of Grass,' that breathless, exuberant poem so rich and full of innocence and joy and… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
“My friends often state in the midst of otherwise loving group chat missives that life is trash, though we all keep trying… — Joshua Bennett Copy Share Image
“Sometimes by water 'and sometimes by the wind, 'my random lines on sand will be 'erased. What am I now? A ruddy… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
“Bombs on my backpack lunchbox full of fivestar crackers pockets loaded with rockets im gonna spit fireworks explosive rhymes connected like judas… — Patrick Cruz Copy Share Image
“girls please give your bodies and your lives to the young men who deserve them besides there is no way I would… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Never discuss the poem you contemplate writing. It's like turning on the outside spigot. It takes all the pressure off the upstairs… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
A flower may die, the sun may set,but a friend like you ill never forget, your name is precious, it will never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“and I can still write a poem (sometimes), don’t forget that, and even if they don’t pay off, it’s better than waiting… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Why do you sit here and cry for me? I am gone and nothing you do will bring me back. But the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You are not white, but a rainbow of colors. You are not black, but golden. You are not just a nationality, but… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“from the Prize winning poem - UNBORN in the book Terra Affirmative. "Under the surface / her body is curled, / seed… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
“The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen… — George Gordon Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“Wonderful You Love you for being so meaningful, i my meaningless life, Love you for being so true, even when my life… — Ratish Edwards Copy Share Image
I'm old-fashioned enough to really still believe that the poem is an object to be memorized, venerated... I still believe in that… — Jonathan W. Galassi Copy Share Image
“If you are a monster, stand up. If you are a monster, a trickster, a fiend, If you’ve built a steam-powered wishing… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“ A Faint Music by Robert Hass Maybe you need to write a poem about grace. When everything broken is broken, and… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
