Poetry Quotes

  • Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.Upload to Facebook
    Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.
    ~ Cassandra Clare
  • A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.Upload to Facebook
    A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
    ~ Soren Kierkegaard
  • Light as feathers, as fleeting as Zephyr, one moment they breathed pink, the next they faded. Cherry blossoms were as much an inspiration for beautiful verse as they were a reminder of life's fickleness, she thought.Upload to Facebook
    Light as feathers, as fleeting as Zephyr, one moment they breathed pink, the next they faded. Cherry blossoms were as much an inspiration for beautiful verse as they were a reminder of life's fickleness, she thought.
    ~ Alice Poon
  • Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.Upload to Facebook
    Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
    ~ Leonard Cohen
  • After a full belly, all is poetry.Upload to Facebook
    After a full belly, all is poetry.
    ~ Frank McCourt
  • I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.Upload to Facebook
    I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
    ~ Sarah Williams
  • Of all flowers, Methinks a rose is best.Upload to Facebook
    Of all flowers, Methinks a rose is best.
    ~ William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen
  • If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.Upload to Facebook
    If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.
    ~ Nayyirah Waheed
  • Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.Upload to Facebook
    Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.
    ~ Theodore Roethke
  • Much of poetry is an anguished waiting.Upload to Facebook
    Much of poetry is an anguished waiting.
    ~ Theodore Roethke
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