Authorship Quote by Alexander Pope

“Poetry can be a form of restriction. Lock away tragedy inside pretty words. Quantify pieces of infinite love.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare feet stomping…

— Traci Lea LaRussa

“Poetry emerges from the depths of struggle. It comes up fighting, demanding to be heard.”

— Aisha Mirza

“Poetry flows from our hearts. It is like that mass of snow we call a glacier and when it starts its slow movement, it…

— Balroop Singh

“what is poetry, how can I even think of meter, metaphor, as you lie dying, swollen & agonized in your pretty gown”

— Sandra M. Gilbert

“Shortly afterwards it started raining, very innocently at first, but the sky was packed tight with cloud and gradually the drops grew bigger and…

— Halldór Laxness

“Poetry, is a life long war waged against ineffable beauty.”

— Atticus Poetry

“Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into…

— Thomas Carlyle

“Poetry and beauty are born out of pain. This is their glory, this is our gain.”

— S. Tarr

“Poetry purrs like a kitten on the tip of our tongue. Each word fluidly floating from our lips, like little crystalline snowflakes, before settling…

— Jaeda DeWalt

“In this mortal frame of mine which is made of a hundred bones and nine orifices there is something, and this something is called…

— Bashō Matsuo

“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and served with…

— Alok Mishra