“It is a terrible thing To be so open: it is as if my heart Put on a face and walked into… — Renee Baron Copy Share Image
I feel deep gratitude for the life poetry has allowed me to live. I know the life I could have lived without… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
When I first heard Bob Dylan, I'll be honest, I didn't like him. But I was shallow of mind and didn't understand… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I do consider my engaged poetry as a personal mission, a duty toward a society which evolves into a system of control… — Jan Theuninck Copy Share Image
“this is not a Quote it's a poem. "A Thousand Kisses Deep" The ponies run, the girls are young, The odds are… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Nothing is as endearing as a handwritten letter scribed by the person who holds your heart spellbound.” — Alfa H Copy Share Image
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
I tended to write poems about both social and spiritual problems, and some problems one doesn't really want to solve, and so… — C. K. Williams Copy Share Image
God Himself is the best Poet, And the Real is His song. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
“Every emotion, every feeling I have can be expressed with a word. But poetry isn’t just words muddled in a sentence. It… — Madeleine McEwen Copy Share Image
I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
“I will tell you what is poetry... It is a remote electronic claw picking up a stuffed bunny rabbit...” — Chelsey Minnis Copy Share Image
“Marxism, famously a cry of pain rather than a science, has had its poets, but so has every other major religious heresy.” — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
If you want to change the world's spirit, I will suggest that only poetry can do this. — Andrei Voznesensky Copy Share Image
It isn't so unusual for poems to situate themselves out of doors - though they may, at the same time, be set… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
All girls should have a poem written for them even if we have to turn this goddamn world upside down to do… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
“Even the simplest poem May destroy your immunity to human emotions. All poems must carry a Government warning. Words Can seriously affect… — Elma Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Let the dust accumulate. You have a story to tell, adventures waiting, life to love, love to share. The dust can wait.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
I've learned that my readings of others' work often has little connection to their intentions. This doesn't mean that my response is… — Alice Fulton Copy Share Image
“Slater used to be a poet, he's nothing now, and he sort of looks on Robby and me with awe because we… — Rick Bass Copy Share Image
Love can't be proven with poems, promises, or presents... Sometimes, only pain and patience can prove it..!! — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“You don’t sound like a scientist, you sound like a poet.” Rey smiled, “Can I be both?” But you’d rather be a… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
