But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets, — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
A good poem has its own life. It's like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
It's hard to put into words. Gorillas are not complainers. We're dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers. — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
I have no idea, actually, where I fit in, in terms of poetry camps. At AWP conferences, I have been on panels… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
A cool & diversified version of a mix tape. The BreakBeat Poets is a thorough and complete summation of Golden Era writers… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
Some certified nut Will try to tell you it's poetry, (It's extraordinary, it makes a great deal of sense) But watch out… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I don't think that you can say by any stretch of the imagination that all Wisconsin or Brooklyn-based poets write in a… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
“O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being and dance are one.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
If you want to write poetry, you must have poems that deeply move you. Poems you can't live without. I think of… — Ralph Fletcher Copy Share Image
As anyone who has the slightest knowledge of my work knows, I have little in common with Larkin, who was tall, taciturn… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams. — Rene Char Copy Share Image
My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
