#poetry

Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished. ↗

— George Watsky

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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. ↗

— John Barton

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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. ↗

— John Barton

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Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

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People Die... Beauty Fades... Love Changes... And You Will Always Be Alone ↗

— L.J. Smith

#creepy #dark #loneliness #love #lovely

You lethargic, waiting upon me, waiting for the fire and I attendant upon you, shaken by your beauty Shaken by your beauty Shaken. ↗

— William Carlos Williams

#poetry #beauty

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. ↗

— James Buchan

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Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! ↗

— Lord Byron

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It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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I can look beyond the clouds to feel your love the sun will rise again to end the darkness ↗

— April Nichole

#poetry #religious #faith