My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
I'm much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I've gotten very surgical about poems. — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
“As he took her hand he gave her all she had been waiting for-- a shiver down her spine.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
When Im all alone these words just flow out of my chest. Turn em into poems, they worship, Im the best. — J Cole Copy Share Image
“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
There's two kinds of women--those you write poems about and those you don't. — Jeffrey McDaniel Copy Share Image
“a flower knows, when its butterfly will return, and if the moon walks out, the sky will understand; but now it hurts,… — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
“The townspeople took the prince for dead When he never returned with the dragon’s head When with her, he stayed She thought… — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
“The sea waves stirred before me they dashed against the rocks Like a mermaid rising from its depths curled white sea foam… — Giselle V. Steele Copy Share Image
I came from a very musical family, so I grew up singing karaoke with the family. My family said 'do this' and… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
It is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats Spring electricity Coney Island the 4th of July the eyes of mice… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
I used to write poems more when I was younger, but I haven't in a long time. I just write ideas and… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
“2.07 WALK OF LIFE Life but like a cycle that you be riding, You will fall if you ever stop peddling, Life… — Munindra (Munnan) Misra Copy Share Image
I spent my days waiting for you, searching the crowds for your face. I stopped breathing the moment you recognized me, as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Moonless nights haunt me. They evoke my once carefree life when I dreamed without doubt to what my future could be. I… — H.S. Crow Copy Share Image
“I breathe in... The sights and smells Of this city I’ve come to know... So well I gaze... Across the turquoise ocean… — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I… — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
I wanted a perfect ending, now i've learned the hard way, that some poems dont rhyme, and some stories dont have a… — Ana Copy Share Image
“Little soul, little perpetually undressed one, do now as I bid you, climb the shelf-like branches of the spruce tree; wait at… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
“The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kipling There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Poems 1959-2009_ I turn into the man they photograph. I think I'll ask him for his autograph. He's older than I am… — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
“Poems are surmountable. They have rhymes and rhythms to help you make meaning. They're short enough. . . to read and reread… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. — Philip Levine Copy Share Image
“I paint the darkness and the silence, You see them as stars and poetry.” — Jenim Dibie Copy Share Image
“Sometimes those we love break us to bind us whole within the transition.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
“Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Dare to dream, dare to fly, dare to be the ever chosen one to touch the sky. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I cant wait to exchange more words, I can't wait to know him, until then he's just a stranger in my poems. — Arianna Lyzette Copy Share Image
Like all art, poems are only hints and guesses that draw our attention to something larger. — Luci Shaw Copy Share Image
“From the first cup of coffee in the morning to playing in the sheets at night, I choose you to be by… — J.WOLF Copy Share Image
“My beloved isn't dazzling light, Darkness is my beloved – The reason I'm so fond of her…” — Subhajit Ganguly Copy Share Image
I don't create poetry, I create myself, for me my poems are a way to me. — Edith Södergran Copy Share Image
“I touched curiosity, I kissed sin, I felt regret, And I was forgiven. But life won't let me forget.” — J.A. ANUM Copy Share Image
“I wonder if you ever read my poems and wish they were written for you.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Magic is when you live your life the way you didn’t picture it and leave nothing behind.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image