“The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao. Lao Tzu, First verse of Tao Te Ching” — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
“The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
A beautiful poem is like a beautiful sky and a beautiful sky is like a beautiful poem! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“I cannot breathe, or see, nor swim, My darkness is composed of him.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I thought it was irrelevant to talk about what a wonderful thing poetry was if you didn't teach people to read. — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
Basho is the great poet of Japan, writing in the second half of the 17th century, but his work is still incredibly… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I still write poetry from time to time, but my whole life is so music-oriented at this point that it's hard for… — Jack Tatum Copy Share Image
“Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.” — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
I returned to poetry as a more precise way to describe the world, more precise than science. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
For her..i'll become a poet, artist and musician, if it means the warmth of her embrace! — AnOnYmOuZ Copy Share Image
“The planet you inhabit is a single plane of infinite dimensions, stretched like a guitar string, and standing before you like a… — Thomas Lloyd Qualls Copy Share Image
I do feel that a poem needs not just space, but, ideally, space around that space - space for meditation, reverie, subliminal… — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
“I look up upon a sparsely starred abyss Having wandered to this street corner In the middle of the night Watching the… — Justin Wetch Copy Share Image
I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more… — Henry David Thoreau 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
“No,” Jason said. “No ban.” The idea that Vale might write poems about him was deliriously wonderful. His heart squeezed and jolted.… — Leta Blake Copy Share Image
When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
“Welcome to America, a Wall Street Corporation Where the stockholders are rich and own this nation Where cubicle preparation masquerades as education… — Justin Wetch Copy Share Image
