Forgiving Quote by Robertson Davies

“The same hand that can write a beautiful poem, can knock you out with one punch—that's Poetic Justice.”

— Irish" Wayne Kelly

To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour

— Oscar Wilde

“when you're a poet you can dish out whatever's on your mind and you don't have to apologize for it”

— Shannon Lynette

There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists.

— Roberto Bolano

“A poet should be as sensitive as an aching tooth.”

— Anna Świrszczyńska

I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the part of…

— Edmund Gosse

“Forgive and forget is the divine ideal. Grappling with the hurt while biting your tongue and struggling to refuse justifiable vengeance―that's closer to human…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

— Gail Carriger

A poet is wounded into speech, and he examines these wounds, meticulously, to discover how to heal them. The bad poet harangues at the…

— Samuel R. Delany

“This is not a poem - this is an apology for all the times I lobbed left hooks into your skin in hopes I…

— Tyler Kent White

“To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor”

— Oscar Wilde

Those of us who make up poems have agreed not to say what the pain is.

— Robert Bly