Inspiration Quote by Melody Lee

“Oh, I was but a wounded Beast Oh, I was but a wounded Beast Teeth gnashing from a brutal feast Wolfing down with others;…

— Jason Versey

“My poem must expurgate my manhood unveil the animality of the best of my being, reveal both the monster behind the friendly smile and…

— Eddy Toussaint

“I am lover of words... I am wickedly drunk with the magic of words... the poetic nature whispers through and to my very heart…

— Jennifer Hillman

My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its…

— Thomas a Kempis

“The Poet Asks His Love to Write" Visceral love, living death, in vain, I wait your written word, and consider, with the flower that…

— Federico García Lorca

“A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret suffrings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs…

— Anonymous

“Poetry is the insistent roaring of the human soul.”

— Pietros Maneos

“Poetry purrs like a kitten on the tip of our tongue. Each word fluidly floating from our lips, like little crystalline snowflakes, before settling…

— Jaeda DeWalt

Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your…

— Walt Whitman

“Poetry is the yearning of the soul to break free!”

— Avijeet Das

“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

“Don't say another goddamn word. Up until now, I've been polite. If you say anything else--word one--I will kill myself. And when my tainted…

— Jerry Holkins