#poetry

The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. ↗

— Philip Levine

#best #day #every #every day #going

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#architecture #been #before #bridge #change

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#find #i #i can #life #make

One does not become a poet by uttering beautiful words. One becomes a poet by pouring their soul as wine into the Cup of Love. ↗

— Subhan Zein

#philosophy #philosophy-literature #poet #poetry #beauty

We left you there, lonely, Beauty your power, Wisdom your watchman, To hold the clay tower. from 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree ↗

— Vachel Lindsay

#beauty

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#category #except #i #i see #no reason

Poetry is all nouns and verbs. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#poetry #verbs

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#anything #doors #just #listen #off

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry. ↗

— Paul Muldoon

#including #interested #otherwise #people #poetry

That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were. ↗

— Paul Muldoon

#crop #does #great #great things #just