Activism-inspiration Quote by Jeremiah Walton

“Poets are never happy with the things that are happening in our world.”

— Avijeet Das

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

— Melody Lee

“need a poet who can really write. Nowadays it seems like ‘many are gone, and those that live are bad’.12”

— Aristophanes

“Poetry is a will to put things right, an imaginary solution, a way of avoiding a catastrophe that already happened. Poetry is an escape,…

— Aase Berg

“Poets aren't poets because of the way they write, they are poets because of the way they see the world.”

— Brandon Gene Petit

“Poets and poetry help us express our emotions and experiences, making us feel less alone in our struggles.”

— Wajid Shaikh

“Do you know what people do when they read poetry?  They try to figure out what was going on in the poet’s head, and…

— Debora Geary

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

— Niki Herd

“I think there's a kind of desperate hope built into poetry now that one really wants, hopelessly, to save the world. One is trying…

— Anonymous

“So many times in a single day we glimpse a view beyond the apparent. Write those moments down. They might not speak to you…

— Joy Williams