Mr. Rihani is a man of ardent poetic temperament, a clever poet, and a man of unworldly ideals. — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
Never has every member in 1 crew been so diverse. yin 2 outdo the last verse that I birthed, hat is my curse. — Outkast Copy Share Image
Whenever I get lost in a novel I just throw a poem in. What it does is flare up, and it's so… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
“& he watches each muscle volt into place. the surgeon became the surgeon after years of opening books & making sense of their contents” — sam sax Copy Share Image
“Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time; painting and architecture in space. But the dance… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting.… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
“If there has been one overriding change in poetic practice, it is that under the influence of free verse the poets have… — Martin Langford Copy Share Image
“Snow-melt in the stream: Mama Nature turning winter's storms into nourishment for the soil, fecundity, and beauty. This is what I must… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“So Lightning says to Mud, “What would happen if I struck your blood?” And Mud says, “Brother, It would hurt, And make… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I am furious at all the letters to answer, when all I want to do is think and write poems. ... I… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
To be a political poet means simply to be a poet, and any poet worth their salt will be a political animal… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the… — Babette Deutsch Copy Share Image
“~A Comparison of Seasons~ Snow's unforgiving power causes some men to wish for spring's flower. Some might hate snow's bitter chill, but… — Seth D Copy Share Image
“Poetry by its very nature is subversive . . . It turns words inside out, confounds meaning, changes black and white to… — Cristina Garcia Copy Share Image
I didn't write my poems because I wanted to, they were wrung from me. I had to write them. — Maxine Kumin Copy Share Image
“There is nothing prettier in the whole wide world than a girl in love with every breath she takes.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us… — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
“O, it's die we must, but it's live we can, And the marvel of earth and sun Is all for the joy… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
“and a day spent working for money is wasted while a day spent writing poetry is wasted but more honest.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have been transcribing those poems and considering how lucky we are to live longer than flowers, even if not much happens… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“I had to learn to live without you and I couldn't make sense of it, because I left so much of me… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it. — Roger McGough Copy Share Image
“Take me back to those days, when you knew of my love, yet liked me nonetheless, and when I smiled at you,… — C. Madan Copy Share Image
“If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
“The poem succeeds by being 3-dimensional in the reader's mind rather than 1-dimensional words on paper.” — the mag man Copy Share Image
“Otter! Otter! Otter! Don’t lead cows to slaughter! I love you, and I know I should’ve told you soon-a But you didn’t… — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
To all men who read poetry; I bet if women had dicks, they'd shove them in your mouths to shut you the… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
“love ridden i searched for you in corridors, open doors and in endless seas of similes and metaphors but we never were… — K. Y. Robinson Copy Share Image
The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic. — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
I think it's true that that's something that poetry can go to school on fiction. I think poetry can go to fiction… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it. — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
