Body-parts Quote by Christina Dodd

“A good poem doesn't need to rhyme or have fancy words. It needs to touch the reader, hug them when arms cannot do the…

— Goldie Nanwani

“I will use a flower petal for paper, And write you the sweetest letter,”

— Khaled Hosseini

“I know this much, is all, “ Franny said. “ If you’re a poet, you do something beautiful. I mean, you’re supposed to leave…

— J.D. Salinger

“In my poetry a rhyme Would seem to me almost insolent. Inside me contend Delight at the apple tree in blossom And horror at…

— Bertolt Brecht

“Oh my, aren't we going to have fun?" Sarah remarked sarcastically as she quickly pulled the covers over herself. A weak sweat covered her…

— Patricia Pellicane

“You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement.”

— Roberto Bolaño

“With a little more time, patience, and hard work, and above all with a more sensitive taste for the formal aspects of arts, he…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Most of my friends like words too well. They set them under the blinding light of the poem and try to extract every possible…

— Jack Spicer

“In English class, someone flung a folded-up square of notebook paper onto the floor next to my right foot. I picked it up and…

— Gayle Forman

“To a poet every curve of her was a well place word.”

— Atticus Poetry

“Her lipstick was smudged, and there were noticeable bruises on her neck. My eyes went wide. “Oh my God! I hissed, what did you…

— Madison Faye

“There is a thin line between poetry and word salad.”

— Richard Carl Evans