"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."
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1996 quotes about poetry
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poetry Quotes
"The roses of romance grow when you water your relationship with gratitude. Love will bloom and blossom when you recognize the awesome."
"So I find words I never thought to speakIn streets I never thought I should revisitWhen I left my body on a distant shore."
"Finally, I Know Who I Am You are what you eat.~ Ludwig Andreas FeuerbachWe become what we think about.~ Earl NightingaleI'm a Horny Pizza!"
"Wedding Veil [10w] + {Couplet} A wedding veil's of no availbecause virginity's a fairy-tale."
"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone."
"If I had a soul I sold itfor pretty wordsIf I had a body I usedit up spurting my essenceAllen Ginsberg warns youdont follow my pathto extinction"
"Marriage Advice [10w] Marry a man above youand a woman beneath you."
"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage."
"Don't use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry."
"Coins [10w] Statesmen whose faces are on coins are amenable to change."
"So here is my story, may it bringSome smiles and a tear or so,It happened once upon a time,Far away, and long ago,Outside the night wind keens and wails,Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!"
"Poet and the Fool {Couplet} {Limerick} The fool does his ego inflate,much like a poet does his oeuvre overrate.But the truth of the matter is that neither shit matters;harsh reality shall both nitwits deflate."
"Present {Couplet} Our present is the dissipating despair of our past mingled with the promise of our future we hope will last."
"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."
"Till Death Do You Part [10w] Marriage will indeed change people ~for better or for worse."
"My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—It gives a lovely light!"
"when I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns"
"We are all the fools of time and terror: DaysSteal on us and steal from us; yet we live,Loathing our life, and dreading still to die."
"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. [10w] + {Couplet} Network TV's insistent stupidity to the Outer Limits pushes me."