#poetry

What an incredible amount of poetry, of novels, of sociological solutions to the ills of the world! One supposes that poetry is written to enrich the spirit; that novels have been conceived at the very least, to entertain us; and even, optimistically, that sociological solutions are a guide to solving something. Viewing the situation calmly, I realized that the first (poetry) was capable of impoverishing the richest spirit, the second of boring the most joyful, the third of confusing the most lucid. ↗

— Augusto Monterroso

#sociology

Crystal ball and candle light, I want your dance tonight. Show me the power of love as we stand together in the middle of the night. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#love #poetry #funny

A book of verses underneath the bough A flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness And wilderness is paradise now. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#love #paradise #poetry #love

Love, that moves the sun and the other stars - L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#love #sun #love

Mind led body to the edge of the precipice. They stared in desire at the naked abyss. If you love me, said mind, take that step into silence. If you love me, said body, turn and exist. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#poetry #suicide #survival #love

The parts of me that hurt the worst want me to write something for them, but I can't. I don't know what to say. I'm lost in all this sadness, and so are they. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#pain #poetry #poetry-quotes #sadness #suffering

For my sustenance at night, the whole that my hands can glean from the gloom of the oak-gloomed oaks-- the herbs and the plenteous fruits... ↗

— Flann O'Brien

#humour #poetry #silly #funny

Pices : Without you I'm nothing,you're my everything Aquarius : Without you I'm lonely and unpretty,you're my happiness and beauty ↗

— patrick cruz

#beauty

Boy: Without you I'm nothing, You're my everything. Girl: Without you I'm lonely and unpretty, You're my happiness and beauty. ↗

— patrick cruz

#beauty

Poetry is one of my guilty pleasures and I want to thank you poets for providing me with beautiful words that I can devour and selfishly indulge in any time I want. ♥-Nina Jean Slack ↗

— Nina Jean Slack

#devour #guilty #indulge #love #pleasure