Poetry Quote by DeJuan Cuffee

“A poet in his senses knocks vainly at the gates of poetry.”

— Ben Johnson

“Poetry, is a life long war waged against ineffable beauty.”

— Atticus Poetry

“Remember, words are the enemy of poetry.”

— Russell Edson

“Poetry and prayer put ideas in people’s heads that got them killed, distracting them from the ruthless mechanism of the world. After”

— Colson Whitehead

“If they succeed, you will not be packed off to some idyllic farm, where you can write bad poetry, we will both be executed.”

— A. H. Septimius

“Poetry, to me, is a type of shamanistic chant capable of chasing away the darkness within us.”

— Leila Samarrai

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

— Melody Lee

“Let us remember...that in the end we go to poetry for one reason, so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the…

— Christian Wiman

“Colonizers write about flowers. I tell you about children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks seconds before becoming daisies. I want to be like those…

— Noor Hindi

“The Poet Asks His Love to Write" Visceral love, living death, in vain, I wait your written word, and consider, with the flower that…

— Federico García Lorca

“One can show one's contempt for the cruelty and stupidity of the world by making of one's life a poem of incoherence and absurdity.”

— Alfred Jarry

“A poet could kill the dead.”

— Cameron Conaway