"All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me."
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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
"Once in a golden hour I cast to earth a seed. Up there came a flower, The people said, a weed."
"forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.and perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day"
"I will soothe you and heal you,I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns."
"Immortality [10w] True immortality means you've created something that will outlive you."
"I am that last, thatfinal thing, the bodyin a white sheet listening,"
"Winter solitude-in a world of one colourthe sound of the wind."
"Soar Like a Pigeon [10w] Better be a pigeon than an eagle with Indians around."
"I Still Have Everything You Gave MeIt is dusty on the edges.It is slightly rotten.I guard it without thinking.I focus on it once a yearwhen I shake it out in the wind.I do not ache.I would not trade."
"A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."
"Bagels and Lox Life's an everything bagel;love is a schmear of scallion cream cheese;and lox, no matter how you cut it,is resistant to dumbass metaphors."
"i found god in myselfand i loved heri loved her fiercely"
"I am a student of life, and don't want to miss any experience. There's poetry in this sort of thing, you know--or perhaps you don't know, but it's all the same."
"A Robin Redbreast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.A dove house fill’d with doves and pigeonsShudders Hell thro’ all its regions.A Dog starv’d at his Master’s GatePredicts the ruin of the State.A Horse misus’d upon the RoadCalls to Heaven for Human blood.Each outcry of the hunted HareA fiber from the Brain does tear."
"Pamela Anderson Haiku Ben Stillerbeds Pamela Anderson.My alarm clock rings"
"What Ever Happened to Stupid? [10w] ‘I’m only human’,has become everybody’s license to fuck up."
"Love is a clash of lightnings"
"Stars open among the lilies.Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens?This is the silence of astounded souls."
"Is it the sea you hear in me,Its dissatisfactions?Or the voice of nothing, that was you madness?"
"Cancer [10w] It's odd that the cancer that kills you is you."