In America they make too much fuss of poets; in London they make too little. — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet. — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
“A versifier arranges sounds; a poet arranges meaning in the sounds.” — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“One may never get to know how fast the time travels till the one gets in that position to race against the… — Neel Preet Copy Share Image
If the poet can no longer speak for society, but only for himself, then we are at the last ditch. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“I have a book of poetry I believe many should read but in each verse you'll discover it wasn't written for greed.” — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“I like art, and by art I mean music, poetry, sex, paintings, the human body, literature… All of this is art to… — Hunter Reveur Copy Share Image
There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I felt very bad in Washington. . . I didn't like my job, and I didn't know what was going to happen… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“True love. Is it normal is it serious, is it practical? What does the world get from two people who exist in… — Wisława Szymborska Copy Share Image
The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoesand shipsand sealing-wax Of cabbagesand kings And why the… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“From the time when the exercise of the intellect became a source of strength and of wealth, we see that every addition… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The poet is a bird of strange moods. He descends from his lofty domain to tarry among us, singing; if we do… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
If you're feeling pain, express that to the Lord. If you're feeling worried, express those worries. One passage that gives me comfort… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Listening to music and lyrics and watching movies, I think, uses a lot of the same muscles we use in reading and… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“And then there is the poet Kenneth Koch, who while travelling in Kenya came to a railroad crossing at which this sign… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Maple. Maypole Catch and carry. Ash and Ember. Elderberry. Woolen. Woman. Moon at night. Willow. Window. Candlelight. Fallow farrow. Ash and oak.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A township where one primitive forest waves above while another primitive forestrots below,such a town is fitted to raise not only corn… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I know that in a poem, even when the speaker is speaking from the poet's experience, there's always something that's borrowed, some… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“To me faith, science, poetry, all same, many lanes to lift our one humankind.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
My business is words. Words are like labels, or coins, or better, like swarming bees. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
In the streets the children screamed. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed — Don McLean Copy Share Image
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
He confided his deepest secret to you; be always wary of his secret. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“Inside these letters, the eye will see Nearby are your friends, and VFD.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
