#poet

Sprawled out on the front lawn Looking up at an ordinary sky It could fall on me and somehow be The day I didn't die ↗

— Nick Burd

#poetry #death

Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless. ↗

— Mahmoud Darwish

#dreams

We, all who live, have A life that is lived And another life that is thought, And the only life we have It's the one that is divided In right or wrong. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#duality #life #poetry #thoughts #dreams

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. ↗

— John Barton

#conversation #entered #inspired #into #other

He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s a niche in his chest where a heart would fit perfectly and he thinks if he could just maneuver one into place – well then, game over. ↗

— Richard Siken

#richard-siken #niche

Poetry is the liquid voice that can wear through stone. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#rich

Like the best convenience store in the world, / the mind is always open. ↗

— Leza Lowitz

#poetry #yoga #yoga

What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds! ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#poetry #stars #poverty

. . . All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what their concerns are, what their obsessions are, and what interests them. ↗

— Kim Addonizio

#poetry #writers #writing #obsession

There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#wit #wit