Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life. — Niki de St. Phalle Copy Share Image
“English kings married their cousins and so their kids were as sharp as clubs.” — Peter Prasad Copy Share Image
Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
They think I'm going to be a schoolteacher but I'm going to be a poet. — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
“Making Cocoa For Kingsley Amis It was a dream I had last week And some kind of record seemed vital. I knew… — Wendy Cope Copy Share Image
I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book… — Mae Whitman Copy Share Image
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
All men are poets at heart. They serve nature for bread, but her loveliness overcomes them sometimes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual. — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen. — Fleur Adcock Copy Share Image
Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
“What is going on with you, Rev?” He rubs his eyes. “I don’t know. I’m just tired.” I think of how he… — Brigid Kemmerer Copy Share Image
This is an extraordinary book of unique psychological power. It reveals not only scholarship and sophistication of the author, but deep and… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Some of my poems indicate that I am writing while living alone after a split with a woman, and I've had many… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
For, whom the Muses smile upon, And touch with soft persuasion, His words like a storm-wind can bring Terror and beauty on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“[Poem II] I wake up in your bed. I know I have been dreaming. Much earlier, the alarm broke us from each… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“I love you in my very own way. Like a stone loves the mosses around it Like a sea loves the pebbles… — Arzum Uzun Copy Share Image
![“[Poem II] I wake up in your bed. I know I have been dreaming. Much earlier, the alarm broke us from each other, you’ve been at your desk for hours. I know what I dreamed: our friend the poet comes into my room where I’ve been writing for days, drafts, carbons, poems are scattered everywhere, and I…” quote by Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/adrienne-rich-803_long-way_poem-ii-i-wake-up-in-your-bed-i-know-i-h_1124584.png)
