“Daisy, simple and discreet flower, That earned the heart of this poet.” — Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco Copy Share Image
Poetry makes its own pertinence, and a single stanza outweighs a book of prose. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Birds shouldn't be able to find tears They are the definition of freedom” — Maddy Kobar Copy Share Image
A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager. — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
“I hear they make greeting cards now to thank your therapist... for NOTHING” — Casey Renee Kiser Copy Share Image
The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
“She was eleven, after all. She was both even and odd. She was ready to be many things at once—child, grown-up, poet,… — Kelly Barnhill Copy Share Image
Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Soccer is like a poem, you write it with your soul and heart, but you say it with your feet. — Humaira Copy Share Image
“Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men.” — William Allingham Copy Share Image
“It did not seem to me to be a time to guard myself against Love's blows: so I went on confident, unsuspecting;… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
“Ginsberg was the favourite bohemian poet of straight college boys who wanted to transgress, and of gay college boys who were not… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling - I was so turned… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
“Dearest Alexia, Oh, please absolve me of this guilt I already feel squishing on my very soul! My troubled heart weeps! Oh… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“The text we shall consider this morning,” he said clearly and with a cutting edge to his voice, “is found in the… — Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Copy Share Image
“I know a woman who keeps buying puzzles chinese puzzles blocks wires pieces that finally fit into some order. she works it… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Poetry is the wailing of a broken heart―the etched sorrows of despairing souls. These artful words are an exclamation in rare colors… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal. But if… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
It is as if the soul of the continent is weeping. Why does it weep? It weeps for the bones of the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“In the beginning was the word, and primitive societies venerated poets second only to their leaders. A poet had the power to… — Kevin Crossley-Holland Copy Share Image
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
You don’t read or overhear the voice in the poem, you are the voice in the poem. — Helen Vendler Copy Share Image
As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
I don't think poetry has a readership anywhere, really, that's that big. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Poetry evokes out of words the resonance of the primordial world. — Gerhart Hauptmann Copy Share Image
“It takes a strong man to be with a woman full of fire and stars and all of October.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
Love is the poetry of our feelings. But there are some horrible poems. — Antonio Gala Copy Share Image