Quotes on poetry

true word work friend. — John Boyle O’Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly
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Once a poet calls myth a myth, prevents reader treating a reality; use — Adam Kirsch

Adam Kirsch
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Even ivory towers need central heating. — Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach
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forgot much, Cynara! gone wind,Flung roses, roses riotously throng,Dan — Ernest Dowson, Poems Prose Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson Prose of Ernest Dowson The Poems
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Later night picked polish offwith front teeth until bed sharedfor seve — Warsan Shire, Teaching Mother Give Birth

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth Warsan Shire
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tells dreams. says dreams helium balloons, I’ve made mistake letting g — Shane L. Koyczan, Silence A Song Know Words

Shane L. Koyczan Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To
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does a poet know a poem ended? Because lies flat, taut; nothing added — Carol Shields, Stone Diaries

Carol Shields The Stone Diaries
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bottle ditch, scoopin oats, air lunglet evening come.Let come, will, d — Jane Kenyon, Collected Poems

Collected Poems Jane Kenyon
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kiss hairthat seesmove, movesigh, sigh…be line a poemthat hold eyes. — Sanober Khan

Sanober Khan
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never paid attention people told go live. belonged always whatever far — Fernando Pessoa, Book Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa The Book of Disquiet
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