“I have found that happiness is a defiant act of bravery in spite of a callous world.” — Liz Newman Copy Share Image
“The work is to somehow talk ourselves beyond / the sleepiness of selfhood” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think poetry can lead to policy, and I can hear the laughter when I say that. — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
The religion of the heart is as intimate as a wish breathed to the night sky. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing a poem doubles, triples the experience or connection that initiated it.” — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
“...if human nature were not a mystery, we'd have no need of poets.” — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“…my sacred landscape is the foothills of the stars - I go there often to sleep ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
For now the poet cannot die, Nor leave his music as of old, But round him ere he scarce be cold Begins… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
“If you are a dreamer, come sit by my fire. For we have some flax-golden tales to spin; come in! Come in!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the worst thing that ever happened to the world was the white man coming across gun powder. –– the end of the… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He repeated until his dying day that there was no one with more common sense, no stonecutter more obstinate, no manager more… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“he world looks like something God had just imagined for His own pleasure. This isn't poetry but it makes me feel the… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Some, they didn't make it. The temptation just too strong. How can darkness cloud the mind To what I know as wrong?” — Kimberly Nalen Copy Share Image
There is only beauty / and it has only one perfect expression / poetry. All the rest is a lie /except for… — Stephane Mallarme Copy Share Image
Although I was able to study music with teachers, I never studied lyric writing. I read poetry, and I read other lyricists.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
“She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet… — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
“The aching in my chest isn't because I miss you, it's realizing that you have become someone I no longer know, your… — Tanzy Sayadi Copy Share Image
“Teddy looked at him directly for the first time. Are you a poet?' he asked. A poet?' Nicholson said. 'Lord, no. Alas,… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I never knew what Mother knowed, Like how a thread and needle sewed, And how a kiss healed boo-boos fast. Why family… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Romans 3:21-26 are the most important verses in the Bible. They reveal that God has provided for our salvation in the cross… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage,… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
