Acres Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.

— Thomas Lynch

I've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.

— Mike Gordon

“For the grace of the presence, be grateful. Touch the cloth of the robe, but do not pull it toward you, or like an…

— Jalaluddin Rumi

There's one of my new poems actually - is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was…

— Robert Adamson

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about…

— Sharon Olds

You may repeat the most marvelous poems. And that is not worth a cent if you don't live it.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I had written here and there about my mother in my poems. There are poems for her in my first and second books.

— Tracy K. Smith

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.

— Horace

Writing poetry is a pleasure,...a pleasure out of hell

— Kenneth Slessor

“We 'have' all received on grace after another, but we only recognize the glory of God in this moment 'when we wake to the…

— Ann Voskamp

There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.

— David Meltzer