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1996 quotes about poetry
Discover inspiring poetry quotes from famous authors and thought leaders. Find wisdom and motivation about poetry to inspire your life.
poetry Quotes
"One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys."
"Time is Not a Constant [10w] Time speeds up, crawls, compresses and expands depending on mood."
"Speak to the Head [10w] + {Couplet} Tis of no fucking availTo speak to the tail."
"Idiots vs. Fools [10w] Idiots listen to other's bullshit;fools listen to their own."
"Clairol: Does she or doesn't she... ...take it up the ass."
"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."
"Mineral cactai,quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls,the bird that punctures space,thirst, tedium, clouds of dust, impalpable epiphanies of wind.The pines taught me to talk to myself.In that garden I learnedto send myself off.Later there were no gardens."
"The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeHas given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some partOf a day I had rued."
"Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life."
"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness."
"Relatively Speaking [10w] The irony about 'relativism theories' is that they're relative too."
"Pond(er) This [10w] Nobody wants to be:'Big fish in a little pond."
"A black cat among roses,phlox, lilac-misted under a quarter moon,the sweet smells of heliotrope and night-scented stock. The garden is very still.It is dazed with moonlight,contented with perfume..."
"Still Hangin' in the Child Hood [20w] You can spend an entire lifetime trying to be a child again,or never lose your childhood to begin with."
"In search of Truth the hopeful zealot goes,But all the sadder tums, the more he knows!"
"Area 51 [20w] If aliens were truly looking for intelligent life on earth,what the fuck were they thinking going to New Mexico?"
"Evolution of Love [10w] Love evolved from when one monkey handed another a blossom."
"Hypocrisy [10w] Religion without hypocrisy doesn't exist;that's man's imperfection, not God's."
"Heart My heart jumps every time you walk through the door.It's not love.I have an arrhythmia."