It takes a lot of desperation, dissatisfaction, and disillusion to write a few good poems.
Category: poetry
Oh, speak no ill of poetry, for ’tis a holy thing.
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.
I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.
Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.
One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters. … But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose. But get drunk.
All great poetry is dipped in the dyes of the heart.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings and making music with them.
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies and sparkle in its brightness.
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Poetry … is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.