Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud-Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
A poem in the heart is worthmore than a million dollarsin the bank account.
Good or bad, positive or negative, there is no comment more insulting to a poet than one displaying that you have not properly read and considered the things they wrote.
This seems to me a philosophical question, and therefore irrelevant, question. A poet's destiny is to love.
A good poet is someone who manages in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms to be struck by lightning five or six times.
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
The birds are in their trees,the toast is in the toaster,and the poets are at their windows.[...]The proofreaders are playing the ping-ponggame of proofreading,glancing back and forth from page to pag...
I'm sick of the images trapped in my headI'm sick of being preoccupied with the dead
You hid in my ink and guided my hand. You stained the pages with your silence as God wrote the words, "Be still." Yet, my heart's blindness could only write in loud hues of red, "I love you.
Come writers and criticsWho prophesize with your penAnd keep your eyes wideThe chance won't come againAnd don't speak too soonFor the wheel's still in spinAnd there's no tellin' whoThat it's namin'For...
The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet...
Without space, there is no time.
Your words... I hold them deeplike ancient skinshold wrinkles.
Words have never belonged to those who wrote them. Always to those who needed then.
A poet's fantasy: Hiring a rapper to rap his rhymes.
Poetry is the language of a state of crisis.
Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land wanting to fly in the air.
When I reached the vestibule of my apartment building, the campus police closed in on me. I heard Professor Edelstein shout, it's okay, he's a poet. Matter of fact, the best black ... the best poet wr...
GIVING - Applied tithing is so rewarding. When you give away your time, talent, and treasures you create a huge shift in your prosperity consciousness. So start where you are as you reach for where it...
Let your writing liberate you. Write with passion to allow your feelings to breathe and enjoy the journey across blank pages.
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