684 Quotes About Poets

It will find its way into the final volumes, I expect,' said Mr. [Fred] Sweetman when we discussed it. 'The poets will see to that. They have a way of adding nuance to the meaning of things.

fluttering amidst the stars / stands the thin black/ stalk / of a glimmerglass girl /

I tell my sisters: / cultivate loneliness / like you might care for / an orchid, turning it / gently towards the light, / serving it water like wine / aerated, purified, filtered.

Every writer should know their target. Aim for the heart ~ hit that and all which follows is sheer ecstasy.

Two inspirations to my writing poetry - Poet Sylvia Plath & Poet Manjushree Mohanty (My Mom). As my Mom says - Life is these present moments that we are sharing with each other. These moments of love, caring and sharing that is all that is important in life. Life has no other meaning.

We are all poets here caught in the wild enchantment of life.

The allurement and the excitement that only poets and artists entice each other with!

The man was high yellowIn public, afraid of himself, pretending his musicWas material when in fact, it was the opposite:Like a breath that comes so quickly you knowYou’re breathing ether: either atmosphericAnd anonymous as the air against a window,Or indefinite & mute as a curtain of wind.

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.