Fishes Quote by Mary Oliver

Nature, after all, is still the grand agent in making poets.

— Thomas Carlyle

“At any time, and under any circumstances of human interest, is it not strange to see how little real hold the objects of the…

— Wilkie Collins

Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the river waves.…

— Mary Oliver

“Poetry is such an amazing feeling that flows like a river.”

— Euginia Herlihy

Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor…

— Philip Sidney

The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.

— Bin Ramke

“A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.”

— James Stephens

“These days many poets live in cities, or at least in suburbs, and the natural world grows ever more distant from our everyday lives.…

— Mary Oliver

“The River', a poem from 'Profound Vers-A-Tales': Your perception of my exterior may not match what lies beneath the surface.”

— Kamil Ali

There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem…

— Mary Ruefle

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

— Patricia MacLachlan

“Real poetry is like a sail at the open sea.”

— Eva Sonenberg