I have also written some poems which have not been collected in a volume. — Grazia Deledda Copy Share Image
When you get a class reciting some great poems, it'll tear your heart out. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
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“The was her magic, she could still see the sunset even on those darkest days.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
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For a poet, making poems is a way of viewing the world, being in the world, breathing. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
“Our real poems are already in us / and all we can do is dig. / We can work for years and… — Jonathan Galassi Copy Share Image
When you awaken in morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circle flight, I am soft stars… — Mary Elizabeth Frye Copy Share Image
“Fantasy like thought that no man could rain Just let her reign Run wild with her unafraid Of any rain storms They… — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Why not fall in love with an artist? Otherwise there are no letters, pictures, paintings and songs for you when you wake… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
You've read some of the poems in this new unpublished book [Walker's Alphabet], e.g., the poem "C." I have a number of… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's what writers do- Maybe they exaggerate pain just so that you feel okay about what you're feeling.” — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
“December is... by Stewart Stafford December is all that we give, And whatever we receive, It is those who surround us, And… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I wrote poetry from the time I could write. That was the only way I could begin to express who I was… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
“I want words which are scalpel sharp and shiny; poems keen enough to gut a fish and clean it. Poems labelled not… — Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
“Poems, even when narrative, do not resemble stories. All stories are about battles, of one kind or another, which end in victory… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to get a job at my alma mater, which brought me back to Indiana after being gone for… — Adrian Matejka Copy Share Image
“When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead" When you see millions of the mouthless dead Across your dreams in pale battalions… — Charles Hamilton Sorley Copy Share Image
Some poems present themselves as cliffs that need to be climbed. Others are so defensive that when you approach their enclosure you… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me - after I read them some poems by… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
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