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Contemporary Poetry Quotes & Sayings

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Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. — Honore De Balzac

When a lifestyle is created from the existence of your dream, you dont leave any room for failure. — Nikki Rowe

Pruned my subconscious. Discovered new shoots. — Sally Jo Martine

a generation:
the black night gave me black eyes
still I use them to seek the light — Gu Cheng

Poetry is not an art, it's a symptom. — Michele Brenton

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them. — Sue Grafton

I dislike a great deal of contemporary poetry - all of the past you read is usually quite great - but it is a useful thorn to have in one's side. — Frank O'Hara

The way contemporary literature is emerging, soon we can expect "Item poetry" in novels. — Himmilicious

I've changed, you've changed
We've become something more than what was hoped for or foreseen — Tiffany Fulton

Contemporary poets got so obscure that poetry kind of fell out of favor, — Paul Ruffin

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince. — Elizabeth I

Hebrew as a contemporary language, especially for poetry, is no longer the language of the Bible; but neither is it not the language of the Bible. — Cynthia Ozick

My persona is less miserable than a lot of contemporary poetry speakers are. — Billy Collins

As Borges has taught us, all the books in the library are contemporary. Great poems are like granaries: they are always ready to enlarge their store. — William H Gass

Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca. — W.S. Merwin

You don't go dancing in the day. You don't go golfing in the night. — Mark McKinney

In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read it. — Frederick Lenz

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry. — Chang-rae Lee

All writers are manipulative liars.
Jack O. Savage, The Poet — Hunter S. Jones

The most prevalent poetic representation of contemporary experience is the mimesis of disorientation by non sequitor. — Tony Hoagland

Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry. — Alice Fulton

Then, the door opens and there he is; silhouetted in the hall light. Long hair, long legs, and a heartbeat in tune with my own. — Hunter S. Jones

Painted desert, ocean of color
sun's worshiper, moon's lover
picture of a coyote's voice
sandbox of angels, another toy. — Trine Daely

With one perfect kiss on one perfect English summer afternoon, we understand the meaning of all the colors of every rainbow, forevermore. — Hunter S. Jones

Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age. — Jennifer Aniston

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. — Diane Wakoski