If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes circumstance external heighten
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events. John Drinkwater eventgreatgreatness Change image and share on social
It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. John Drinkwater addformhabitually Change image and share on social
Poe's saying that a long poem is a sequence of short ones is perfectly just. John Drinkwater longperfectlypoe Change image and share on social
I was a really bad teenager and I got my tongue pierced. I don't even remember where I did it, but it was under very surreptitious circumstances. Lucy Alibar badcircumstancepierce Change image and share on social
Big picture, it's amazing to create characters and see them brought to life in the art. And to love that art. But I especially enjoy writing a character with heightened powers that aren't especially useful to him. Cynthia Leitich Smith amazeartbig share on social
I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them. Liz Williams contemplationdirectionexternal Change image and share on social