Force Quote by Mason Cooley

“We say verse is fun in the doing, True, that’s what we’re saying. And if our rhymes now are only limping, why Muse, the…

— Merlie M. Alunan

There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and…

— Gary Ross

In the beginning, there was a kind of energy that - like an urgency to express myself, and the songs just couldn't be held…

— James Taylor

“For those who do not write and who never have been stirred by the creative urge, talk of muses seems a figure of speech,…

— Dan Simmons

Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline.

— Margaret Atwood

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

— Stephane Mallarme

The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open,…

— Amy Tan

Poetry has the ability to create entire moments with just a few choice words. The spacing and line breaks create rhythm, a helpful musicality,…

— Jason Reynolds

The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.

— Robert Graves

The sense of flowing, which is so crucial to song, is also crucial to poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.

— Van Morrison

“To honour its first creation, no sound was permitted within the home of Muse for a full year, no sound save that of its…

— Cameron Rogers