Poet Quote by Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco

“He has a wonderful beauty and stillness and you do not. Your poems are unpleasant.”

— Len Jenkin

“Poems are scars translated to written or spoken form.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

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

— Neil Gaiman

“There are a handful of poems, which perhaps might need their own warning for the people who are frightened, disturbed, or terminally puzzled by…

— Neil Gaiman

“Poetry helps heal wounds. Makes them tangible.”

— Isabel Quintero

“You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated.”

— Anonymous

“Remember, words are the enemy of poetry.”

— Russell Edson

“Poetry speaks to you either at first sight or not at all. A flash of revelation and a flash of response.”

— J.M. Coetzee

“A poet in my mind, needs to make a difference or his words don’t mean a damn thing.”

— José Gouveia

“Poetry is not an art, it's a symptom.”

— Michele Brenton

“You want to be a poet and you’re not. By the time you realize you’re not doomed, your life is going to be over…

— Tarryn Fisher

“And I'm not a poet: but never despair! I'll madly live the poems I shall never write.”

— Aldous Huxley