Author Quote by Alok Mishra

“Poetry is man’s best means of perceiving most profoundly the action and the consequence of his own emotions.”

— John Ciardi

“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

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“Poetry...is full of visions pulled more from our hearts than from our minds. Our greatest poems are written in the dust of our deepest…

— John H Ritter

“The nature of poems Is a matter of words and deeds An intimate encounter of voice In the ache of the heart In the…

— Kendall Dana Lockerman

“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

“A true poet is one who can appreciate the disciplines and structures of any and all styles of poetry.”

— David J Delaney

“A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.”

— James Stephens

“The words of a good book may be profuse, but the words of a good poem are profound.”

— Gregory John

“Poetry: a weapon to articulate the world the way I see it.~”

— Niki Herd

“The moments of nature's universal, triumphant silence had come, those minutes when the creative mind works harder, poetic thoughts seethe more ardently, the heart's…

— Ivan Goncharov

“…wisely mingled poetry and prose.”

— Louisa May Alcott