“I don't feel strong anymore I feel like falling to my knees. Things aren't the way they were before, They're not the… — Atarah L. Poling Copy Share Image
For this present, hard Is the fortune of the bard, Born out of time; All his accomplishment, From Nature's utmost treasure spent,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Poets should be law-givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of… — John Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Love does not pay attention to timetables or knock when it is convenient for you. True love shows up unexpectedly, bags fully… — Alfa H Copy Share Image
Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It's been an integral activity for a long… — Diane Glancy Copy Share Image
Myths are, in fact...neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world… — Stephen H. Furrer Copy Share Image
Translated poetry filled the no-man's-land between my own work and other writers', and I found this fascinating to explore. — Edwin Morgan Copy Share Image
Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the… — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
“And victory, joy, wild hope, and swelling certitude and tenderness surged through the conduits of our blood as we heard that drunken… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
I think happy, companionate marriages between men and women who respect each other (as far as is consistent with being actual human… — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
I think tension between the intimate and the vast is at the heart of every poem by any poet, though of course… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“To my knowledge, no one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Actually I'd always thought he sat in the library with a slim volume of metaphysical poetry until the commissioner called him on… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“Does it hurt?' I nodded. 'You know Sekou Sundiata, in a poem, he said the most important part of the body 'ain't… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sakes. Now, I… — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr Copy Share Image
“Oh I know it's cliché but yeah they say that great men make it in- To places few others who even do… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
[Kenneth Koch] taught us to be playful, to be very appreciative of other poets, to appreciate all forms of expression. He taught… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Poets themselves, tho' liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their fictions. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Poetry is more than a form of art. It's a vibration and a pulsing heart. Whether it's sour or whether it's sweet.… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“What's poetry?" I've never heard the word before, but I like the sound of it. It sounds elegant and easy, somehow, like… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. — Christopher Smart Copy Share Image
The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
“A scholar is someone who sticks to things. A poet is someone who uses whatever sticks to him.” — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
“I want your scars, your darkness, your secrets. I want to see the interior of your soul.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“the flames are silent, Peace is violent, Tears are frozen ’cause massacre was chosen. ~~ 26/11– Mumbai terror attack memories” — Ankita Singhal Copy Share Image
As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. I… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
“can't even sleep through the night without you and those sun-dried ginger ale complected limbs crocheted into my thighs...” — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. — Horace Copy Share Image
The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness. — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
“The Psalter forms the great epic poem of the creator and covenant God who will at the last visit and redeem his… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
“The pen to a writer is like a cigarette to a smoker; they need it to take the edge off.” — Kellie Elmore Copy Share Image
Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body? — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I hear you knocking but I can't let you in. The last time almost killed me. Love, My heart” — Alfa H Copy Share Image
Women like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass. — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
“I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The poem is a cry of the unborn heart. Yes, because the poem perfectly embodies the world, there is no world without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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