Poetry Quote by Robert Frost

A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to…

— Robert Frost

“A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness,…

— Robert Frost

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

— Robert Frost

A poet must never make a statement simply because it sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true." - W. H.…

— Robert Frost

“The grand scheme of a life, maybe (just maybe), is not about knowing or not knowing, choosing or not choosing. Perhaps what is truly…

— Debbie Millman

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

— Khalil Gibran

A poem is the realization of love. . . .

— Rene Char

“The nature of poems Is a matter of words and deeds An intimate encounter of voice In the ache of the heart In the…

— Kendall Dana Lockerman

It takes a spasm of love to write a poem.

— Erica Jong

“How do your poems start out?” “They start as a lump in the throat,” she said. “Isn’t that normally just a cocktail olive lodged…

— Louise Penny

“A poem begins as I look into your eyes, as I kiss your lips, as I grasp your hair, a sense of happiness, a…

— Alejandro Perez

“Poetry is when emotion blooms like flowers with the petals of words and spreads the fragrance of perception.”

— Debasish Mridha