“Death was everywhere. Death was everything. Career. Desire. Dream. Poetry. Love. Youth itself. Dying became just another way of living.” — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback. — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
“I believe the poem is a sacramental act, pure devotion to whatever may be revealed only through the music of intuition. The… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
“Death is trash. Love is a robust engagement with the trash of another.” — Joshua Bennett Copy Share Image
“Never ask a writer what they are writing while they are writing, unless you’re prepared for sharp teeth, fangs and blood on… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
But most love poetry is awful; nobody knows how to write good love poetry either. But that's not a reason not to… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
“...before you, life was desolate - the past hardly worth remembering - and now, each moment a keepsake I can't throw away ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength. — Pindar Copy Share Image
Though my father was poor and had nothing, the Torah, the poetry of prophets, was his daily bread. — Anzia Yezierska Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a poet. I grew up with poetic influences - what I know from my background is the… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The Soul of the Warrior, Screams out for Battle. The Soul of the Poet, Cries out for Love. I sit between them,… — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
“Drugs to me have always been a pretty girl with a sly smile beckoning me with a finger down the dark path… — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
Writing wasn't just a form of expression. It was a form of pathology by embarking on spoken word over and over and… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
