684 Quotes About Poets

I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own.

May our twilights mix togetherlike breath and breathlessness.

Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.

A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner; nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people.

The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare feet stomping on broken glass - bleeds, recoils, then steps again.

I wish to stay drenchedforeverin those rain-blue eyesin those...soul-reaching crystalsnot moving a musclenor breathingjustsavoringthis turquoise acheagainst my heart.

Superior poets say what they really feel. Mediocre poets say what they decide to feel. Inferior poets say what they think they should feel.

Some days I don't know what is greater.My wisdom, or my stupidity.

With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink, I wrote my heart in the night’s sky.