#poetry

In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#poetry #inspirational

Life is as long as you live it. ↗

— Lashauna D. Hinton

#life #love #lyrics-of-the-heart #poetry #inspirational

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it ↗

— Billy Joel

#lessons #life #music #poetry #inspirational

A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts.  A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#inspirational-quotes #poet #poetry #richelle #richelle-goodrich

You are an Universe of Universes and your soul a source of songs. ↗

— Rubén Darío

#love #poem #poetry #soul #universe

The simplest metaphors be the dope. ↗

— Jay Electronica

#poetry #rap #inspirational

These are the woes of Slaves;/They glare from the abyss;/They cry, from unknown graves,/"We are the Witnesses! ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#henry #henry-wadsworth-longfellow #inspirational #longfellow #poems

Think of what starlight And lamplight would lack Diamonds and fireflies If they couldn’t lean against Black. . . . ↗

— Mary O'Neill

#book #color #inspiration #mary #o-neill

Prose talks and poetry sings. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#prose #sings #talks

IMPROVIDENCE The other lives I might have led All now might as well be Dead. Survived by no one. Barren, without issue of any sort: This withered bud, failed In art and love. With no time left To change my course. But time enough for infinite remorse. ↗

— John Tottenham

#poetry #change