Quotes about poe
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 mystery poet
How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery. John Lennon
poet minors knows
I alwaysthought of myself as a competent, minor poet. I know who I'm up against. Leonard Cohen
poetry burning olive-branches
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love
poet
Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead. Langston Hughes
poetry
Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. Mark Strand
poetry feels anything-is-possible
I feel that anything is possible in a poem.
poetry mind fine
Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace. Ovid
poetry letters jest
I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in venom--not a letter of mine is dipped in poisonous jest.
poet term
One must love a poet on its own terms. Paul Gray
poetry roles literature
In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony. Joseph Brodsky
poetry-is translations
Poetry is what is gained in translation.
poetry hammers hollow
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. John Ashbery
poet vanguard changed
The poets are in the vanguard of a changed conception of Being. Martin Heidegger
poetry phrases meter
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.... Nikki Giovanni
poetic poet interest
I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry. Muhammad Iqbal
poet really-great creatures
A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating. Oscar Wilde
poetry touching charm
Gently touching with the charm of poetry. Lucretius
poetry blithe subjects
I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject. Michel de Montaigne
poet genre americana
James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre Michael Nesmith
poet passing currents
For me, a poet is someone who is 'in contact.' Someone through whom a current is passing. Marguerite Yourcenar
poetry tasks criticize
I feel that the task of criticizing my poetry is best left to others (i.e. critics) and would much rather have it take place after I am dead. If at all. Margaret Atwood
poetry language poetry-is
poetry is where the language is renewed.
poet born orators
We are born poets. we become orators. Marcus Tullius Cicero
poet orators
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
poetry excellence madness
Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.
poetry poet
There were poets before Homer.
poet conceit orators
There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.
poetic-license poetry poetic
The freedom of poetic license.
poet
who can Perswade more Powerfully than Poets? Margaret Cavendish
poetry poetry-is breaths
Poetry is the breath of beauty. Leigh Hunt
poetry needs world
All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad. Patricia MacLachlan