A-series-of-unfortunate-events Quote by Lemony Snicket

“In Poetry class, Professor Sappho teaches us how to compose love ballads. She's a swell teacher and all but I'm not sure I understand…

— Tai Odunsi

“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

“A poet is somebody who has written a poem.”

— Wallace Stegner

Sappho is a great poet because she is a lesbian, which gives her erotic access to the Muse. Sappho and the homosexual-tending Emily Dickinson…

— Camille Paglia

“When I write poetry, I’ll write it down, or a tiny bit of it, and then have to depend on the reader to bring…

— William Anderson

“YOU SAY "POET" LIKE THAT MEANS SOMETHING.”

— Amy King

“Poetry is not communication with angels or with the "subconscious." It is communication with the guts, genitals, and five portals of sense. Nothing more.”

— Thomas Pynchon

“Poetry is the coronation of literature, and a majestic form of writing.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write…

— John Fowles

“Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also. Sappho was a performance…

— Alexander Chee

“It's the strangest thing about poetry: you can tell it's poetry, even if you don't speak the language.”

— Neil Gaiman

“a poet can always find something good to write about.”

— Colleen Houck