All poetry, as discriminated from the various paradigms of prosody, is prayer. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“Love speaks to The soul In a language The brain Can’t comprehend.” — Chris Mc Geown Copy Share Image
“Xs and Os Love is a game of tic-tac-toe, constantly waiting, for the next x or o.” — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations! — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
“Ginsberg was the favourite bohemian poet of straight college boys who wanted to transgress, and of gay college boys who were not… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived… — Richard Serra Copy Share Image
“You know you possess the soul of an artist when, each time you sit down to create, the whole universe lays itself… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“It did not seem to me to be a time to guard myself against Love's blows: so I went on confident, unsuspecting;… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
Unjustly poets we asperse: Truth shines the brighter clad in verse, And all the fictions they pursue Do but insinuate what is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I'm a poet who practices Zen. And it's not, I'm somebody who practices Zen who writes poetry. There's no separation for me. — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
“It’s been raining outside and I feel like a sad poet, hating my imagination pissing on the roof.” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.” — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
“I suppose that's how it looks in prose. But it's very different if you look at it through poetry…and I think it's… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
The borderline between prose and poetry is one of those fog-shrouded literary minefields where the wary explorer gets blown to bits before… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Heres to the boys who self harm¦ To the boys with quiet lips, and screaming minds. To the boys who think a… — REAM Copy Share Image
We have certain rules for traditional lyric poetry in Korea. I twist my body, confused by what to say and how to… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
I can't lie. Even if they think I'm wrong. Even if they don't understand. Even if they think I'm crazy. I'm me.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories as a reader - I don't know how old I was, quite young - was a poem… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
People probably long for something genuinely personal in a society where the personal is often indistinguishable from the "personalized." Maybe the poetry… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
The Storm The sky is crying Cold teardrops fall The sky might be trying To feed plants and animals and all Then… — Libby Hinrichs Copy Share Image
