Quotes about poe
poetry poet
Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..
poetry firsts acorns
All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially. Percy Bysshe Shelley
poetry verbs looks
Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude. Mary Oliver
poetry way empty
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
poet young written
But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet. Philip Levine
poetic-license historical lists
Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents. Steven Spielberg
poetry shepherds lambs
The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . . Ralph Waldo Emerson
poetry firsts finest
The finest poetry was first experience.
poetry argument
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem.
poetry mind poet
The true poem is the poet's mind.
poetry
Only that is poetry which cleanses and mans me.
poetry mind tablets
Good poetry could not have been otherwise written than it is. The first time you hear it, it sounds rather as if copied out of some invisible tablet in the Eternal mind than as if arbitrarily composed by the poet.
poetry
Every word was once a poem.
poetry inspire
Only poetry inspires poetry.
poetic mathematical homeopathy
Homeopathy seemed . . . both mathematical and poetic. Scarlett Thomas
poetry pastime
Poetry has never been a favorite American pastime. Natalie Goldberg
poetic creation something-new
Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be? Paolo Bacigalupi
poet starving
The starving poet business is no good nowadays. Henrik Ibsen
poetry soul judgment
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
poetry doe asking
The question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
poetry littles lyrical
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.
poetry world faults
The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.
poetry apotheosis poetry-is
Poetry is the apotheosis of sentiment. Madame de Stael
poet
I learn life from the poets.
poetry literature may
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Gustave Flaubert
poetry checks priests
A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests. John Dryden
poetry heroic human-nature
Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.
poetry unleashing poetry-is
Poetry is good for unleashing images. Paula Rego
poetry language form
A poem is a form of refrigeration that stops language going bad. Peter Porter
poet 20th-century
The record of poetry in the 20th century isn't all that great anyway. Most of the poets who weren't fascists were Stalinists. Robert Hass
poet
Oh what a poet I will flay myself into. Sylvia Plath
poetry
The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control. Rumi
poetry way ships
Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip, loose lips, sank ships, it's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips. Tupac Shakur