#poetry

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy. ↗

— James Broughton

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The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don't go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. It's always so. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#eternity #go #into #life #only

Look upward to him Look to him for everything Look to him for help Look to him for comfort ↗

— April Nichole

#poetry #religious #faith

Look upward to him Look to him for everything Look to him for answers Look to him for a listening ear ↗

— April Nichole

#poetry #religious #faith

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#children #cut #his #knot #life

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something. ↗

— Rita Dove

#ecstasy #feel #i #i feel #me

Dancing is the poetry of the foot. ↗

— John Dryden

#foot #poetry

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#curriculum #deal #enabling #help #i