Poetry Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Eva Sonenberg

The true poem is the poet's mind.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.

— Philip James Bailey

“The next day, he read to me a freshly composed dirge in which the circumstances of his wife’s death and burial were commemorated. He…

— Machado de Assis

“We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom.”

— Otto Neurath

The true poem rests between the words.

— Vanna Bonta

“The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude;…

— Kate Chopin

“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“Of All The Ship Love Is The Only Ship,One Can Measure The Deepness Without Drowning In....”

— khode manish v

“That's a poet.' 'I thought you said it was a bo-at.' 'Stupid pet! Don't you know what a poet it?' 'Why, a thing to…

— George MacDonald

“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

“The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is…

— Plato