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Sculpture and painting are moments of life; poetry is life itself.
— Walter Savage Landor
Poetry doesn't pay. But I need it. And so do you.
— Cory Basil
A life without books is a thirsty life, and one without poetry is ... like a life without pictures.
— Stephen King
all my life
i have looked for poems
to elope with. — Sanober Khan
i have looked for poems
to elope with. — Sanober Khan
Poetry is the imitation of the most important aspect of human existence life and that's what make's it so beautiful and necessary.
— Nicolas Saperstein
Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. — T. S. Eliot
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. — T. S. Eliot
In all we do, and hear, and see,
Is restless Toil and Vanity.
While yet the rolling earth abides,
Men come and go like ocean tides — Anne Bronte
Is restless Toil and Vanity.
While yet the rolling earth abides,
Men come and go like ocean tides — Anne Bronte
Poetry was the processing of my thoughts until the slag of justification fell away and I was left with the cold steel truths of life.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates
The world is better without
them.
only the plants and the animals are
true comrades.
I drink to them and with
them. — Charles Bukowski
them.
only the plants and the animals are
true comrades.
I drink to them and with
them. — Charles Bukowski
As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.
— Jhene Aiko
Let your poetry be the light and see the true beauty of your words bloom into life, love, and inspiration.
— Delano Johnson
But I hope you don't feel the hurt as much as I did. You are too weak and fragile to stand that ache.
Remember, you always will be. — Khadija Rupa
Remember, you always will be. — Khadija Rupa
All I ever really wanted to do was arouse souls through my writing and enjoy my journey to becoming one with myself and with the world.
— Terry A. O'Neal
Don't be afraid of Pain. Pain only comes down to a certain point... beyond that, it can't reach you and the love you have inside.
— Eeva Lancaster
Underneath the forms of fiction and poetry, you can bet your ass the ground comes from someone's actual life experience.
— Lidia Yuknavitch
I haven't been very impressed lately.
By people,
or places,
or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind. — Charlotte Eriksson
By people,
or places,
or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind. — Charlotte Eriksson
You were the hardest year of my life and I've never been so happy. What does that say about me?
— Charlotte Eriksson
Science ask facts and religion ask faith, humans are confused between life and death.
— Santosh Kalwar
Life is a series of meetings and separations.
— Santosh Kalwar
The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts.
— Oscar Wilde
Poetry is not the most important thing in life ... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.
— Dylan Thomas
Careful.
The fall is quick,
steep,
and permanent. — Jessica Kristie
The fall is quick,
steep,
and permanent. — Jessica Kristie
If Erik existed and lived life in despair,
We wish him to know we are here and we care. — E.A. Bucchianeri
We wish him to know we are here and we care. — E.A. Bucchianeri
A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
— Aberjhani
Poetry and art are the breath of life to her.
— Edith Wharton
Pay attention, and use your imagination.
— R.M. Engelhardt
Medicine is my life, but literature is my mistress, and mysteries and poetry are my drugs of choice.
— John A. Vanek
We inhale life and exhale words. that's just what writers' do
— Terry A. O'Neal
— Terry A. O'Neal
There's two kinds of women
those you write poems about and those you don't. — Jeffrey McDaniel
those you write poems about and those you don't. — Jeffrey McDaniel
You are afraid to let anyone in, but you still leave the door open, hoping someone good will shut the door behind him and throw away the keys.
— Jenim Dibie
If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
— Seamus Heaney
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Everyone's life is a poetry rhymed with sweet and bitter words, rhythmed with moments.
— Robert Ahaness
When I feel too much and the universe aches inside of me.
— Christina Strigas
Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
— William Faulkner
Speak Little. Learn the words of eternity.
Go beyond your tangled thoughts and
find the splendor of paradise. — Rumi
Go beyond your tangled thoughts and
find the splendor of paradise. — Rumi
You may follow the footsteps
The whole day will pass
With you going around in circles
Yet not reaching anywhere at last! — Avijeet Das
The whole day will pass
With you going around in circles
Yet not reaching anywhere at last! — Avijeet Das
There is still peace left in the world,
and only those with beauty in their soul,
care enough to be it. — Jenim Dibie
and only those with beauty in their soul,
care enough to be it. — Jenim Dibie
Dear friend, I have searched all night
through each burnt paper,
but I fear I will never find
the formula to let you die — Leonard Cohen
through each burnt paper,
but I fear I will never find
the formula to let you die — Leonard Cohen
Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic, and the idealistic not feminine.
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
In The End The Words Are The All And The Nothing.
— R.M. Engelhardt
I wonder if children don't begin to reject both poetry and religion for similar reasons, because the way both are taught takes the life out of them.
— Kathleen Norris
We live longer
but less precisely
and in shorter sentences. — Wislawa Szymborska
but less precisely
and in shorter sentences. — Wislawa Szymborska
The untented Kosmos my abode,
I pass, a wilful stranger:
My mistress still the open road
And the bright eyes of danger. — R.L.S.
I pass, a wilful stranger:
My mistress still the open road
And the bright eyes of danger. — R.L.S.
There's a path from me to you
I'm constantly looking for,
so I try to keep clear and still
as water does with the moon. — Rumi
I'm constantly looking for,
so I try to keep clear and still
as water does with the moon. — Rumi
Some men never
die
and some men never
live
but we're all alive
tonight. — Charles Bukowski
die
and some men never
live
but we're all alive
tonight. — Charles Bukowski
The most beautiful, amazing and inevitable fact about life-
Everything has a natural healing
process. — Sanober Khan
Everything has a natural healing
process. — Sanober Khan
I grow into my death.
My life is small
and getting smaller. The world is green.
Nothing is all. — Mark Strand
My life is small
and getting smaller. The world is green.
Nothing is all. — Mark Strand
Unless you are silent, you will not
know your urgent heart, how it beats
between the thin skin of yes and no. — Drew Myron
know your urgent heart, how it beats
between the thin skin of yes and no. — Drew Myron
some winters
will never melt
some summers
will never freeze
and some things will only
... live in poems. — Sanober Khan
will never melt
some summers
will never freeze
and some things will only
... live in poems. — Sanober Khan
Trying to pump breath into a fairy tale is as arduous and tragic as ancient Greek theatre.
— Terry A. O'Neal
Life is a poem
just waiting to be written,
lift your pen and speak. — Susie Clevenger
just waiting to be written,
lift your pen and speak. — Susie Clevenger
Life writes the poetry, but it will always call for witnesses and scribes alike to tattoo its echoes upon the ghosts of trees.
— Ged Thompson
For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Charge like a herd of buffalo through the fire and seek your truth. Be your own revolution.
— Christopher Josephs
To enjoy the joy in life, always be drunk with love and poetry.
— Debasish Mridha
Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person's life.
— Eavan Boland
Friday night's alright for fighting
Saturday, Sunday, Monday too
Every night is a night of fighting
With family and friends like you — Jessica-Lynn Barbour
Saturday, Sunday, Monday too
Every night is a night of fighting
With family and friends like you — Jessica-Lynn Barbour
I kept you so well, buried beneath the darkest shame and stilled with filthy lies. Perhaps I should have dug deeper.
— Nicole Lyons
And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!
— Charles Baudelaire
The glamorous life is a facade, a fraud
a farce of frivolous trite
The storybook is blank inside
Chivalry has died — Donato DiCristino
a farce of frivolous trite
The storybook is blank inside
Chivalry has died — Donato DiCristino
Dreams are the poetry of life to be written with love and actions.
— Debasish Mridha
And when you spoke to me, I did not know
That to my life's high altar came its priest. — Sara Teasdale
That to my life's high altar came its priest. — Sara Teasdale
..Breaking yet budding,
dying yet living - standing
amongst ruins and rage,
reaching for possibilities
playing hard to get. — Meraaqi
dying yet living - standing
amongst ruins and rage,
reaching for possibilities
playing hard to get. — Meraaqi
There is always the question why
And there is always life,
Which doesn't need an answer. — Dejan Stojanovic
And there is always life,
Which doesn't need an answer. — Dejan Stojanovic
A lie is still a lie
even if it's disguised
as the truth. — Sherman Kennon
even if it's disguised
as the truth. — Sherman Kennon
You smile and draw me near and whisper, "Do as dreamers do."
I lean to you and whisper in your ear, "I cannot dream tonight my Dear. For it is you. — Shaun Hick
I lean to you and whisper in your ear, "I cannot dream tonight my Dear. For it is you. — Shaun Hick
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.
— Mary Oliver
The thing I've learned writing my book is that everyone has the potential to be a poet, and all of our lives are epic.
— Jonathan Heatt
Don't strive to sound poetic. Strive to sound genuine in your writing and you will find poetry in the most mundane things in life.
— Bobby Hundley
I lived in the world of poetry and ideas. I thought life was all about art and philosophy. In the military, I suddenly found out about the real world.
— Shahin Najafi
The Scorpion?
The Grasshopper?
Which way will she go? — E.A. Bucchianeri
The Grasshopper?
Which way will she go? — E.A. Bucchianeri
I see the beauty in you, and the darkness. Both are brilliant.
— Christina Strigas
I am a series of small victories and large defeats.
— Charles Bukowski
There are so many days
when living stops and pulls up and sits
and waits like a train on the rails. — Charles Bukowski
when living stops and pulls up and sits
and waits like a train on the rails. — Charles Bukowski
You bothered yourself and changed the season. I was left behind with your awful sounds.
— Cat Alonso
Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
They are both spectacular,
Life and death. — Dejan Stojanovic
Life and death. — Dejan Stojanovic