A poem's life and death dependeth still Not on the poet's wits, but reader's will. — Alexander Brome Copy Share Image
“Take me when I'm wild. Take me when I'm free. Take me for me and I will take you as you want… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“i reach the perfect cube, and wait for somebody to pick the phone back at home.” — Abhijit Sarmah Copy Share Image
Only a house, quiet as snow, a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line… — Robert Frank Copy Share Image
Sweet Christ, you must know that a man will go further for any poem than for any woman ever born. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Last night your thin walls invited me to the party next door / reminded me I am a quiet person in a… — Drew Myron Copy Share Image
“Gentle whispers from above Awakened me more Than ever did This loud world” — Holly Ducarte Copy Share Image
“You've slipped away like a fistful of sand. You've vanished so quickly like a wind. Do you know how I long to… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“the poem doesn’t have stanzas, it has a body, the poem doesn’t have lines,/ it has blood, the poem is not written… — José Luís Peixoto Copy Share Image
“A short poem from my book: Perspective Of course there is a hell she said and it has an observation deck; so… — Michelle Hartman Copy Share Image
I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Searching my heart for its true sorrow, This is the thing I find to be: That I am weary of words and… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
"The Dream of a Common Language" by Adrienne Rich. I carried it the entire hike. On my first night, when I felt… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize.… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The wonderful 17th Century poet, Robert Herrick, wrote a poem entitled, 'To Live Merrily and to Trust to Good Verses.' Easy to… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
I haven't written poetry in a long time but I read it and I miss it. It is so hard to write.… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
“Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings and some are treasured for their markings-- they cause the eyes to melt or the… — Craig Raine Copy Share Image
“This is a poem about death, about the heart blanching in its fold of shadows because it knows someday it will be… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
A poem I wrote: I was just that little girl, who was in the park on day, I was just that little… — Akila Sultana Copy Share Image
“I am a forward-looking girl and don't stay where I am. "Left right, Be bright," as I said in my poem. That's… — Stevie Smith 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
“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
“There was a warrior once who fought Against man's subtlest, mightiest foe, And more than valiant deeds he wrought T' effect th'… — Thomas Gillet Copy Share Image
