Body Quote by John Keats

“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.”

— Suzy Kassem

“Nothing fills the world quite as poetry does. A poet need not dwell on the pagecount of his life.”

— D.A. Botta

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“Poetry is so unique and it doesn't compromise.”

— Euginia Herlihy

“A genuine poet is one who writes about experiences before they happen to him.”

— T.S Eliot

“For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes…

— Plato

“A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“My job as a poet, is not to succumb to despair but to find in words, an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”

— Michelle Geaney

“The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is…

— Plato

“Poetry is the fellatio of the mind, but there's nothing there.”

— the mag man

“Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into…

— Thomas Carlyle

“Poetry is music for the human voice. Until you actually speak it or someone speaks it, it has not come into its own.”

— Maya Angelou