Poetry Quote by Leigh Bardugo

“You want to be a poet and not die.”

— Erica Jong

“Poets find their voices when they articulate the wishes of the dead, especially those slain as sacrificial talismans to a larger frame of existence.”

— Michael S. Harper

“Poetry is the voice of the heart.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

“A poet could kill the dead.”

— Cameron Conaway

“Poet, teach us to love our dying.”

— Robert Kroestch

“...The heart mourns people and places and returns to them in dreams...”

— John Geddes

“oh each poet’s a beautiful human girl who must die.”

— Alice Notley

“Here in this old palace, untouched by the winds of change, here maybe some magic happens, for a little while. But the day must…

— John Speed

“When I die, poetry shall sit beside me!”

— Carl McKever

“Don’t let the bad times get you down, You have some of those moments where life tells you, it’s time to cry. Without those,…

— Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side

“Dying can be quite the career move for a young poet.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“My heart is a cathedral. Widows, ghosts and lovers sit and sing in the dark, arched marrow of me.”

— Segovia Amil