How do poems grow? They grow out of your life. Robert Penn Warren growlifepoem Change image and share on social
Sri Lanka is an island that everyone loves at some level inside themselves. A very special island that travellers, from Sinbad to Marco Polo, dreamed about. A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry. Romesh Gunesekera contourdreamform share on social
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. John Ruskin greathumanpoetry Change image and share on social
I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...' Gary Oldman coatlovepoetry Change image and share on social
There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind. Bo Burnham biteblurjoke Change image and share on social
If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. Muhammad Iqbal heirmakeman Change image and share on social
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. Gilbert K. Chesterton metaphorpoetryslang Change image and share on social
For a lot of people, well-meaning teaching has made poetry seem arcane, difficult, a kind of brown-knotting medicine that might be good for you but doesn't taste so good. So I tried to make a collection of poetry that would be fun. And that would bring out poetry as an art, rather than the challenge to say smart things. Robert Pinsky arcaneartbring share on social
The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry. Mark Knopfler musicpoetryvehicle Change image and share on social
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost emotionfindpoetry Change image and share on social