Clean Quote by Austin O'Malley

“He had to remind himself that the work of a surgeon is poetry of a kind, in which blood is the meaning and flesh…

— Kathleen Winter

An anaesthetic is a poet-killer.

— Lewis Hyde

“A poet is someone who can pour light into a cup, then raise it to nourish your beautiful parched, holy mouth.”

— Hafiz

“One glass of smoothie a day keeps the doctor away”

— Thabiso Monkoe

“Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bittersweet mixture for all possible household emergencies and its action varies…

— Robert Graves

“~ Not every poem is meant for oral stimulation, some are better devoured mentally.”

— Kiana Donae

Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Young poets are advised by their elders to avoid the practice of journalism as they would wet socks and gin before breakfast.

— Archibald MacLeish

“A glass of smoothie day keeps the doctor away”

— Thabiso Monkoe

“The surgeons like to bleed a man, to let ill humours out, so that he may face the world anew. Perhaps they should just…

— Mark Lawrence

I believe the poet shouldn't be in the poem at all except as a lens or as ears.

— Alice Oswald

Poetry became my doctor, my lover...

— J. Ivy