There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, which receives into its limbus all those incorporeal spirits, […]
Poetry Quotes
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive […]
Every man is a poet when he is in love.
A rapper is a poet on steroids. Poets slow down the world, causing others to see it; rappers take on the commercial pace of the world.
Poetry must be as new as foam and old as rock.
What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.
Plain hoss-sense in poetry-writen’Would jes’knock sentiment a-kitin’! Mostly poets is all star-gazin’And moanin’and groanin’and paraphrasin’! A Wholly Unscholastic Opinion,
Tis a fine thing for children to learn to make verse; but when they come to be men, they must speak like other men, or else they will be laughed at.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.
