Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born. Daisaku Ikeda arisebearbreathe Change image and share on social
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. A. E. Housman actbristlecease Change image and share on social
It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny. Earl Sweatshirt associatecornyidea Change image and share on social
If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable. Robert Morgan freememorablepoem Change image and share on social
Let me read you some of my poetry. My poetry just takes me to another level. Rick Fox levelpoetryread Change image and share on social
To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul. Susan Vreeland artbegetear Change image and share on social
In Bonn, where I studied for a year, I changed from classical to Romance philology, taught there by its great founder, F. Diez, and at the beginning of 1852, I received the doctorate for a dissertation on the refrain in Provencal poetry. Paul Heyse beginbonnchange share on social
Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it. Seamus Heaney achievehardpoetry Change image and share on social
I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. Paul Dirac frontiermanopposition Change image and share on social
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. Edward Young admireexplainlogic Change image and share on social
