poetry

"Anyone who says, “Here’s my address,write me a poem,” deserves something in reply.So I’ll tell a secret instead:poems hide. In the bottoms of our shoes,they are sleeping. They are the shadowsdrifting across our ceilings the moment before we wake up. What we have to dois live in a way that lets us find them."

"It is difficultto get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lackof what is found there."

"Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."

"Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they are cut, you're the one that bleeds."

"The middle finger is a great body language tool for letting people know you’re upset. Poetry isn’t quite as effective in a fit of road rage."

"Resolve, and thou art free."

"[I'm]a freak user of words, not a poet."

"How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true; But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face."

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

"If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all."

"The best kind of humans are the ones who stay."

"Those ancients who in poetry presented the golden age, who sang its happy state,perhaps, in their Parnassus, dreamt this place. Here, mankind's root was innocent; and herewere every fruit and never-ending spring; these streams--the nectar of which poets sing."

"Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!"

"You are an Universe of Universes and your soul a source of songs."

"Summer night--even the starsare whispering to each other."

"when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because"

"Angels walk amongst those with broken wings. Those with broken wings only need to be given a little love before their hearts can flutter and take flight once again.-Amanda Mosher and Jarod Kintz"

"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

"Let me just pause a minute and drink in this moment. And if you film it, I’ll be able to get free refills for life."

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."