I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cry laugh poem
To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse. X. J. Kennedy blackcolordifference share on social
My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port. X. J. Kennedy backhyannisjoe Change image and share on social
I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem. X. J. Kennedy momentpersonpoem Change image and share on social
I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. T. J. Miller absurditybeardedhard Change image and share on social
Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel ideanonsensicalpoem Change image and share on social
My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age 18. I wanted to throttle the man, but she was in love, so all I could do was hope, pray and cry. Ted Dekker agebonemancry share on social
