“. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we… — Annie Finch Copy Share Image
“depth and substance. the two most exquisite qualities. be it in a poem or a person.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
Not having finished high school and having been fairly utilitarian in the way I went about college, I didn't have a deep… — Joy Covey Copy Share Image
Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful tongue — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“And stay, my dear stay... forever, as my quiet song, in my lilac dawn.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the… — Christian de Portzamparc Copy Share Image
“SELF BENEATH THE SURFACE, VEILED ON PURPOSE, ALL KNOWING AND GRAND, DIRECTED, GUIDED, BY THE ETERNAL HAND, SUSTAINED, FULFILLED, FULL OF LIGHT,… — Charles Edward Copy Share Image
“There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
“the next time you hear someone in a workshop remarking on how good a particular free-verse line or passage sounds, scan it.… — Annie Finch Copy Share Image
“There is a moon, that rests in the quiet corners of a lover’s lips.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
“Great writers experience their dreams. They put them on paper, where others can read about them.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
“Most people don't have real friends. You have people in your life waiting for opportunities to see what YOU can do for… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
Roses are red, violets are blue one day you'll meet someone as special as you — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
“From oriole to crow, note the decline In music. Crow is realist. But, then, Oriole, also, may be realist.” — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
“Nobody reads poetry, we are told at every inopportune moment. I read poetry. I am somebody. I am the people, too. It… — C.D. Wright Copy Share Image
“[The poet] is no arguer . . . he is judgment. He judges not as the judge judges but as the sun… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“My job as a poet, is not to succumb to despair but to find in words, an antidote for the emptiness of… — Michelle Geaney Copy Share Image
