Inspirational Quote by Lorna Dee Cervantes Download Open image “I thought poems were songs for people with bad voices.” — Lorna Dee Cervantes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad Voice Inspirational People Poetry Song Voice
People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are. — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
There is a certain flimsiness of poetry which seems expedient in a song. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn't get--and never… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
I'd always tended to regard song lyrics as sort of a bastard medium because they're subjugated under the music. If you were to regard… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Times are such that poetry has been slowly drifting away from our songs and the language of conversation is used a lot more as… — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it. — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Poetry is not the opinion stated. It is a song that appears instead of a bloody wound or a smiling mouth. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Hmmm. I think a lot of people can write poems that are howls of anguish. I think I've probably written such things and then… — John Fuller Copy Share Image
Regret is an uneven hand, a rough palm at the cheek — tender and calloused. — Lorna Dee Cervantes Copy Share Image
“The Body As Braille” He tells me “your back is so beautiful.” He traces my spine with his hand. I’m burning like the white… — Lorna Dee Cervantes Copy Share Image
A man's whole life / may be a metaphor - but a woman's lot / is symbol. — Lorna Dee Cervantes Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
