#poetry

I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It exists separately. Any poem that has any worth expresses the whole life of the poet. It gives a view of what the poet is. ↗

— William Carlos Williams

#poetry #life

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#body #chest #forward #guitar #heart

The rules of life are nothing that cannot be fixed. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

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Out of a hundred people: Those who always know better- 52 Doubting every step- all the rest Glad to lend a hand if it doesn’t take too long- as high as 49 Always good, because they can’t be otherwise- 4 maybe 5 Able to admire without envy- 18 Living in constant fear of something or someone- 77 Capable of happiness- 20 something tops Harmless singly, savage in crowds- half at least Wise after the fact- just a couple more than wise before it Taking only things from life- 30 (I wish I were wrong) Righteous- 35, which is a lot Righteous and understanding- 3 Worthy of compassion- 99 Mortal- 100 out of 100 (Thus far this figure still remains unchanged.) ↗

— Wisława Szymborska

#statistics #wisdom #life

I can blend words easily with my pen, and show concepts from deep within. Yet not everyone gets the message I send. So why do I even let these words begin? Maybe they will soak in one day at the right time. When the readers on a new path to find. So for now I'll continue to drop ink and not worry about what other people think. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#philosophy #philosophy-of-life #poetry #reading #life

I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#rainer-maria-rilke #life

It is ferocious, life, but it must eat . . . ↗

— Lucia Perillo

#poets #life

They were too much to carry so i left them behind for a new life, in a new place but no one forgot who i was i didn't and neither did the people who watch they watched for years they watch now ↗

— Ally Condie

#romance #life

sometimes I hear screaming like a child and wake up to find it’s me ↗

— Stephen Fitzsimons

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Emotion is the poetry of life. ↗

— Marty Rubin

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