Poetry Quote by Colson Whitehead

“Poems were too close to prayer, rousing regrettable passions. Waiting for God to rescue you when it was up to you.”

— Colson Whitehead

“Poetry is a prayer.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I'm... like a poet hidden In the light of thought Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons…

— Aberjhani

“Too much war, hatred and fear in the world. Desperately needed: More art, love and poetry.”

— Melody Lee

“A poet could kill the dead.”

— Cameron Conaway

“The central theme of the book is that prayer is best understood as a long, sometimes perilous, epic journey that eventually leads to triumph.”

— Jerry Sittser

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

— Niki Herd

“Poetry... It's a lot like prayer.”

— Wesley McNair

“it is the violent poetry of the times, writen in the blood of the youth.”

— Linda Mendoza

“Death is God when love is mine. Prayer preys when we’re divine”

— Munia Khan

“There are horrible events going on all over the world. Human beings are really fucking up. Poets, we can’t just write poems. We have…

— Jeremiah Walton