Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts. — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
“Come back now and help me with these verses. Whisper to me some beautiful secret that you remember from life.” — Donald Justice Copy Share Image
“My love, can't you see how much i love thee For i through your eyes shall see Our great love for all… — AMAL SAGHEER Copy Share Image
The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
I don't write very much about penises. More than some poets but not perhaps as much as I should. — Rachel Zucker Copy Share Image
“You have dirty hands and dark wild eyes, but by far you are the purest heart I have ever known.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
“Beauty can break a heart and make it think about something more spiritual than the mindless routine we go through day after… — Ian Morgan Cron Copy Share Image
One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“She slid a slim volume of poetry off the shelf and returned to her chair, swishing her rather unnattractive skirts before she… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“And then a man of forty or so, with a French accent, asked, "How do you achieve the presence of mind to… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
“When Great Trees Fall When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to… — Matsuo Bashō Copy Share Image
“Writing poetry is like having sex with the universe and the language is just a condom.” — TRIPURARI Copy Share Image
A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
I wasn't quite used to writing a diary - I didn't understand why people did it - but I wrote down notes… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet. — Plato Copy Share Image
In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
“That’s the thing about love It can take you up to the mountaintop and can drop you And the impact will either… — Kehinde Sonola Copy Share Image
“When I am sad and weary When I think all hope has gone When I walk along High Holborn I think of… — Adrian Mitchell Copy Share Image
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
“You will face hard times in life. Sometimes they are supposed to come, sometimes not. Get through them no matter what, 'cause… — F.c Copy Share Image
“We're only lucky enough to see the wonders of nature's canyons because they're gracious enough to show us the places they've been… — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
Our poets have sung of wine, the product of a foreign plant which commonly they never saw, as if our own plants… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again. — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
“The same hand that can write a beautiful poem, can knock you out with one punch—that's Poetic Justice.” — Irish" Wayne Kelly Copy Share Image
One of the things I took from the show was emotional possibility. I never thought I would type that I learned how… — Adrian Matejka Copy Share Image
I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“I'm angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
A poet's work consists less in seeking words for his ideas than in seeking ideas for his words and predominant rhythms. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Rap is the pulsation given by some, usually an electronic rhythm section, without any tonality, and you have someone reading high-school poetry. — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this. They've lived here long enough. — Hugo Claus Copy Share Image
In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
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