#poetry

"❞ [10w] "Let's cuddle like a quotation mark filling a blank page."

"Regret [10w] Regret's more about lost opportunities than about paths we've chosen."

"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."

"Happy the man, and happy he alone,he who can call today his own:he who, secure within, can say,Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.Be fair or foul, or rain or shinethe joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.Not Heaven itself, upon the past has power,but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour."

"Prolific [10w] "Perhaps I'm prolific because I believe creativity can forestall death."

"How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt and beauty, and transformed it to typewritten words on paper? How can he know I am justifying my life, my keen emotions, my feeling, by turning it into print?"

"i immersemyselfin youlikei immerse myselfinto a beautiful story."

"Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you."

"خضراء أكتبها على نثر السنابل في كتاب الحقل ، قوّسها امتلاءٌ شاحبٌ فيها وفي. وكلما صادقت أو آخيت سنبلةً تعلّمت البقاء من الفناء وضده. أنا حبة القمح التي ماتت لكي تخضرّ ثانية وفي موتي حياةٌ ما"

"In search of Truth the hopeful zealot goes,But all the sadder tums, the more he knows!"

"She plants love, and she grows roses. The fragrance of romance comes from the blossom that blooms in the heart."

"BFF, My Ass ~ It's a Jungle Out There! About one-third of all marriages are procured by sabotaging your best friend's happiness."

"We talk so abstractly about poetry because all of us are usually bad poets."

"Poetry as Entertainment [10w] Poetry that's not entertaining is just a self-indulgent laundry list."

"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

"The Bonds That Tie Weak bonding is sharing a common interest;strong bonding is sharing a common enemy."

"How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. (92)"

"Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you."

"I'm Not Talking About Fruitcake [10w] The greatest gifts are the ones that can be regifted."