The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
“i believe that everyone in the world. has one poem. that is their soulmate.” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
I don't feel like a celebrity. Poetry justifies celebrity. It's good to have respect for a poet. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers. — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
“He sketches you as the antagonist and suddenly his transgressions become deleted scenes. He blames you for his sadness. And this is… — Rudy Francisco Copy Share Image
“Mind's acres are forever green: Oh, I Shall keep perpetual summer here; I shall Refuse to let one startled swallow die, Or,… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth — Compared with love, found, gained, and kept? — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
“What poet was it who wrote there's no pain worse than the pain of a broken heart? Sentimental shit. He should have… — joe abercrombie Copy Share Image
“The poet is a shaman of words & sounds, praying linguistically over each while blessing the poetic whole.” — the mag man Copy Share Image
...you disappoint me -I am the worst liar in the world - I can't hide my pain or my need so I… — john geddes Copy Share Image
Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
One hundred percent, all your Shakespeare training serves you in the work in musical theater today: specifically in modern musical theater, our… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
There's something immediate about the experience of reading a poem - whether it's the music or some other element of it -… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
Being in love is something like poetry. Certainly, you can analyze and expound its various senses and intentions, but there is always… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
“A people that doesn't live at the center of the world, as defined and described by its poets and storytellers, is in… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
That is a horrible thing in a way, but it is the one thing poets can bring back to experience, this intense… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unknown poet.' — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person’s life. — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
“May, and after a rainy spring We walk streets gallant with rhododendrons.” — Alicia Suskin Ostriker Copy Share Image
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“We inspire each other. Poets and Artists are best friends and muses for each other.” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul. — Sofia Kovalevskaya Copy Share Image
“Sun shines above making diamonds of light Tink-tinkling, tap dancing, and bright.” — Mommy Moo Moo Copy Share Image
I love Roald Dahl, Sharon Olds, Nizar Qabbani, who is a poet, and Junot Diaz. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
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