Life Quote by Paul Dermée

“I think good poetry should startle, shatter and, yes, entertain while getting as close to the truth as possible. I can get all the…

— Charles Bukowski

“Poet Wrestling with Words Some are clouds, mist, vapor Some are diaries written with tears Some appear like dew--a Friend in Time of need--some…

— Theresa Rough PhD

“Poetry, playing with your words until you breathe life into them.”

— Morgan Dragonwillow

“Poetry, is a life long war waged against ineffable beauty.”

— Atticus Poetry

“Poetry: a weapon to articulate the world the way I see it.~”

— Niki Herd

“the poet I saw once... but whose words have long been in my mind, windows of invincible candles... ”

— Nathalie Handal

“A poet in his senses knocks vainly at the gates of poetry.”

— Ben Johnson

“Life is a poem just waiting to be written, lift your pen and speak.”

— Susie Clevenger

“poems open doors; that don't even exist.”

— Basith

“We shall not sip from the same glass, No water for us, or sweet wine; We’ll not embrace at morning, Not gaze from the…

— Anna Ahkmatova

“Starlight encased in flesh. Fire burning in so much water. Poetry living in hard spaces. oh, how the body loves”

— Lady Grey

“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what was seen during a moment.”

— Carl Sandburg