Poetry Quote by Shinji Moon

“A poem without metaphor is a gelding; useless to nightmares.”

— David Joseph Cribbin

Poetry takes on meaning when it becomes one metaphor.

— Jeremy Limn

Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.

— Twyla Tharp

“A metaphor is a kind o' lie to help people understand what's true.”

— Terry Pratchett

“The beauty of a metaphor is it doesn't have to be real to ring true. The instant a metaphor becomes true it ceases to…

— Sol Luckman

My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I…

— Stephen Dobyns

“The writer sensitive to language finds his own metaphors, not simply because he has been taught to avoid clichés but because he enjoys finding…

— John Gardner

“Metaphors are dangerous, Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.”

— Milan Kundera

Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming.

— Roberto Bolano

“Metaphors are lies.”

— Mark Haddon

As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

— Rodney Crowell

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles