#poetry

As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the Neolithic: the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. ↗

— Gary Snyder

#poetry #love

So this is love: the Sculptor’s chisel. And stone, which in its whole life does not utter a single word, suddenly sings. ↗

— Milan Rúfus

#poetry-quotes #rodin-s-lovers #love

For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ↗

— James Broughton

#me #poetry #prose #walks

Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. ↗

— Amy Clampitt

#being mad #inclined #inspired #mad #poetry

Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence. ↗

— Norman O. Brown

#common #common sense #freedom #liberties #normal

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#being #man #poetry #rebellion

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. ↗

— John Cage

#i #i am #nothing #poetry #say

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. ↗

— Lucille Clifton

#celebrated #mistake #more #people #poetry

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. ↗

— Lucille Clifton

#language #life #matter #poetry

I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#i #like #newspaper #poetry #school