"You know how this is:if I lookat the crystal moon, at the red branchof the slow autumn at my window,if I touchnear the firethe impalpable ashor the wrinkled body of the log,everything carries me to you,as if everything that exists,aromas, light, metals,were little boatsthat sailtoward those isles of yours that wait for me."
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1996 quotes about poetry
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poetry Quotes
"I lock my door upon myself, And bar them out; but who shall wall Self from myself, most loathed of all?"
"Is it the sea you hear in me,Its dissatisfactions?Or the voice of nothing, that was you madness?"
"She wasn't broken. She was just bent, over the chance of being ignored by the one she loved."
"If it ain't a pleasure, it ain't a poem."
"Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."
"Perfumes are the feelings of flowers."
"Perfect Sex [10w] Perfects sex balances the conflicting pleasures of submission and mastery."
"Forget [10w] {Couplet} Let's lift our goblet of regret,forgive, forsake and forget."
"Quiero hacer contigo lo que la primavera hace con los cerezos"
"Past/Present/Future I have no problem living in the present,but because of my pastpeople want to kill me in the future."
"We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest;And deal full many a thoughtless blow,To those who love us best."
"A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote."
"Washington State Motto Al-Ki. [25]America's most rainy, PC and annoying state."
"New Year's Resolutions New Year's resolutions shouldn't be about doing new things;it should be about stopping to do the shitty things you're already doing."
"Hello Poetry Needs Y'allz How empty the oceans would be were it only filled with orcas."
"Grandma's Advice on Ambition "Children, if you aim for the stars you'll be impaled by small meteorites and become toast."
"From the Slobodan Milošević interview during the the Hague Tribunal : 'What are your hobbies?' [10w] "I enjoy gardening because weeding reminds me of ethnic cleansing."
"You not only are hunted by others, you unknowingly hunt yourself."
"Cancer [10w] It's odd that the cancer that kills you is you."