My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. — Philip Levine Copy Share Image
“i have so much love to give, but no one ever wants it. - a cup overfilled.” — Amanda Lovelace Copy Share Image
“In the verse of each day, find your own way, let perseverance be the words you say.” — Covenant A. Akinlotan Copy Share Image
A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism. — Salvatore Quasimodo Copy Share Image
What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together. — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings. — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
“Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The deeper the love the stronger the emotion. The stronger the emotion the greater the devotion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For a long time, I saw writing prose as chewing rocks compared to the velocities of writing poetry. — David Biespiel Copy Share Image
Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds. — Ouida Copy Share Image
“Poetry is when emotion blooms like flowers with the petals of words and spreads the fragrance of perception.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
“I'm writing haiku. Not for English class but just because. It turns out swearing off poetry doesn't work the way swearing off… — Sarah Dooley Copy Share Image
I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn't perfectly suited to accommodating such… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
When I applied to Stanford, I applied for graduate work in the PhD program, not to the creative writing program, mostly because… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I don't spend time thinking about an aesthetic out of which I create or an ideal toward which my body of work… — Albert Goldbarth Copy Share Image
The judges who awarded the 1980 Commonwealth Poetry Prize to my first collection of poems, Crossing the Peninsula and Other Poems, cited… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
“I understood that what matters is the work: the string of words propelled by God becoming a poem, the weave of color… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“My girl was mad and I loved her. Upon a night, she read my poetry; and kissing me madly she cried, ‘You… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
My earliest poems were a way of talking to somebody. I suppose to myself. — Philip Levine Copy Share Image
Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even. — Carolyn Forche Copy Share Image
“She was cool— the whole world seemed to spin around her in smooth jazz.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
You didn't realize emotion could be a weapon? Have you not read the poetry of Jewel? — LIZ Copy Share Image
A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry as I need it.” — John Cage Copy Share Image
