Compassion Quote by Alison Hawthorne Deming

As poets, we don't accept oppression; we are about a freedom of spirit, or whatever you want to call it. I think environmental concerns…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

The environment is becoming so much a central concern, I see environmental concerns just bleeding into poetries all over the place. My hope is…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

“Sustainability is a new idea to many people, and many find it hard to understand. But all over the world there are people who…

— Anonymous

I want to yell about it most days and stop strangers in the street to share my outrage. But my mind is too serpentine…

— Robin Beth Schaer

Each of us as poets, as decent suffering human beings, has to find a way to run our lives that is compassionate toward one…

— Sam Hamill

What I propose for the "life of a poet" goes against the grain of the fossil fuel monoculture. Maybe the most revolutionary act these…

— Anne Waldman

“Poetry is the image of man and nature”

— Wordsworth William

Poetry is the way into a spiritual vision of society and the universe.

— Camille Paglia

Poetry can save the world. I'm a real believer in its power of healing and transforming. I wish more people read it ... Poetry…

— Carol Muske-Dukes

I've been most happy to be an advocate for the kinds of grassroots things that people are doing who care about poetry.

— Natasha Trethewey

For a poet, making poems is a way of viewing the world, being in the world, breathing.

— Robin Morgan

Sustainability is not just about adopting the latest energy-efficient technologies or turning to renewable sources of power. Sustainability is the responsibility of every individual…

— Joe Kaeser