“His love for his wife and son was not beautiful—no one would ever write a poem to the passion of a man… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
when a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint,… — Sybil Marshall Copy Share Image
Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of… — James Merrill Copy Share Image
“We, the people of 21st century, get into the cars first and then decide where to go But that's okay because we… — Mallika Chawla Copy Share Image
“He looks like a poem. One of those mournfully beautiful ones with short, unfamiliar words that sound ethereal when spoken and completely… — Velvetoscar Copy Share Image
“In this forest called life, sometimes there are no goodbyes, no proper sendoffs, no wishing for a next time; just the knowledge… — A.Y. Greyson Copy Share Image
“from the poem Hum, Hum The resurrection of the morning. The mystery of the night. The hummingbird's wings. The excitement of thunder.… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
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“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
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“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
“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
“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
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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
What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown's Body was a step in the right direction. I've read it once,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“you cross me at your peril, I swallow light when the warm of anger lashes me into a spin, the pine trees… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may… — A. R. Ammons Copy Share Image
Were you always such a stubborn, blind, obtuse girl?" "Are you calling me stupid?" "Yes, but in a more poetic way!" "Well,… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
I have no desire to dress up my poetry and make it fancy. I want the poem to be as true as… — Adelia Prado Copy Share Image
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If at the end of your first ten or fifteen years of fighting and working and feeling, you find you've written one… — e. e. cummings 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
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“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
“And now, for something completely the same: Wasted time and wasted breath, 's what I'll make, until my death. Helping people 'd… — Will Advise Copy Share Image
“If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying ant would be your… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
“And now it is said of me That my love is nothing because I have borne no children, Or because I have… — James Wright Copy Share Image
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A poem I write is not just about me; it is about national identity, not just regional but national, the history of… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“People need people and the happiest people are surrounded with friendly flesh. If you have ten kids they'll be so sweet --… — Mark Halliday Copy Share Image
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I think a book-length poem stands about as good a chance as a collection of individual poems in reaching its field of… — C.D. Wright Copy Share Image
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I read the poem [In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses:… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
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“Monster a person though monster not human. Monster like music. Like Beatles! Like Schumann! World full of stupid. World full of noise.… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
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“Cage It's a tear i want to shed, For the weathered roses that once was red, Today it's a decision want to… — Ratish Edwards Copy Share Image
![“I read the poem [In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: "This poem is kind of important to me. I don't know why, but I'm going to just keep it in the back of my mind." I just kept coming back to it. As I started putting the book together…” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/peter-van-agtmael-25908_book_i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodo_2244408.jpg)
