The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Pound had argued - and Eliot had helped him prove - that a poem could be sustained by memorable moments. Olson proved… — Clive James Copy Share Image
“In most cases the name is unpoetical, although the fact is poetical. In the case of Smith, the name is so poetical… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
After my grandfather died I went down to the basement of my family house where my family kept books, anthologies and things… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“...for poets, at least, experiencing something inexpressible does not mean silence. It's precisely the inexpressible something that poetry is meant to help… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If art doesn't require an audience, can an intimate conversation be a work of art? Can a thought be a work of… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
“The monsters were never under my bed. Because the monsters were inside my head. I fear no monsters, for no monsters I… — Nikita Gill Copy Share Image
For what is the program of the bourgeois parties? A bad poem on springtime, filled to bursting with metaphors. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I'm coming from journalism, but at the same time I'm tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness,… — Raymond Depardon Copy Share Image
I would say everything should be able to come into a poem, but I can't put toothbrushes into a poem, I really… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“ Life is the season for loving and caring, for laughing and caroling, giving and sharing. Christmas is meant for the same,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Will read a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh at his grandmother's funeral. "Pondering the joys we had, listen & keep very still.… — Lynne Branard Copy Share Image
“In the small central square of Ljubljana, the statue of the poet stares fixedly at something. If you follow his gaze, you… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Raise from your bed of languor Raise from your bed of dismay Your friends will not come tomorrow As they did not… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
If there would be a recipe for a poem, these would be the ingredients: word sounds, rhythm, description, feeling, memory, rhyme, and… — Karla Kuskin Copy Share Image
In case I conk out, this is provisionally what I have to do: I must clarify obscurities; I must make clearer definite… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
