“She was learning to treat laws as most people treat poems, making them mean whatever she wanted them to without reference to… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
“Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for… — Katerina Stoykova Klemer Copy Share Image
What we need are poems that interrogate the world of pronouns, open up possibilities of language and life; forms of politics that… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“...before you, life was desolate - the past hardly worth remembering - and now, each moment a keepsake I can't throw away ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems. — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
“Thoughts are apples on the tree, Not meant for anyone in particular, But they end up belonging To the one who takes… — Hugo von Hoffmannstahl Copy Share Image
I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
Perhaps no poet is a conscious plagiarist, but there seems to be warrant for suspecting that there is no poet who is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
. . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who… — Plato Copy Share Image
“There is no single thing... that is so cut and dried that one cannot attend to its secret whisper which says 'I… — Roger Cardinal Copy Share Image
Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece… — Basil Bunting Copy Share Image
There are things that neuroscience is useful for in terms of understanding behavior, but there are also things it is not all… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it's the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it's just… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“HEADMASTER: I was a geographer. I went to Hull. IRWIN: Oh. Larkin. HEADMASTER: Everybody says that. 'Hull? Oh, Larkin.' I don't know… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,” he said, “That from the nunnery, Of they chaste breast and quiet mind.” I looked… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I started writing poetry when I was 12 years old and also undertook vocal training since a young age. However, it was… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
My poems please the brave: My poems, short and sincere, Have the force of steel Which forges swords. — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
This verse made me realize that I've divorced an entire aspect of my life from God: eating — Matt Cohen Copy Share Image
“HER BARBED-WIRE SMILE LIFTED YOU TO HEAVEN BUT I HAVE TO ASK DID GOD LOOK LIKE HER VOICE” — Amy King Copy Share Image
There is an old Latin quotation in regard to the poet which says 'Poeta nascitur non fit' the translation of which is-… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
Ghostface, catch the blast of a hype verse, My glock bursts, leave in a hearse, I did worse. I come rough, tough… — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Piece by piece I sent my first book of poems to American Poetry Review and was rejected one by one. — David Berman Copy Share Image
Words make love on the page like flies in the summer heat and the poet is only the bemused spectator. — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
Writing poetry is a process of discovery...you can smell the poem before you see it…Like some animal. — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was… — David Antin Copy Share Image
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
“Don't want a complicated love. Just want you to grab my demons, kiss my madness and run away with me.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“They say she is too much to handle, but when the moon pulls the tide and the wolves howl her name, blessed… — Nicole Lyons Copy Share Image
There's a level at which, if you take poetry seriously, the focus it involves... that never goes away. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
New verses crush the hood like Im driving into something. Bitches on the kid like Im Iverson or something. — Drake Copy Share Image
Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives. — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on… — Osbert Sitwell Copy Share Image
I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“Truth and effort may increase human worth But they are not enough to make us whole; Only love can complete us.” — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
The form of a poem is invisible. A poem is not an "object." This is hard to accept in a mechanical age. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
