Top Poem Quotes

  • It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it’s what a poem does with its eyes. – Mary Ruefle

    It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it’s what a poem does with its eyes.– Mary Ruefle

  • Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Skip the bowls of fruit and statues. Let the page flick your thumbs. This is His spoken word. – ND Wilson

    Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Skip the bowls of fruit and statues. Let the page flick your thumbs. This is His spoken word.– ND Wilson

  • Even a baby can write a poem. It doesn’t guarantee the sale. – Bhavik Sarkhedi

    Even a baby can write a poem. It doesn’t guarantee the sale.– Bhavik Sarkhedi

  • [W]e have endless opportunities to forget the self -“ in planting a tree for future generations; in creating a poem, a meal, a vessel of clay; – Steve Hagen

    [W]e have endless opportunities to forget the self -“ in planting a tree for future generations; in creating a poem, a meal, a vessel of clay;– Steve Hagen

  • …before the dawn I leave the night behind meand before my heart I let you leave me behind.- from the poem ‘Behind – Munia Khan

    …before the dawn I leave the night behind meand before my heart I let you leave me behind.- from the poem ‘Behind– Munia Khan

  • Information paints no picture, sings no song, and writes no poem. – RF Georgy

    Information paints no picture, sings no song, and writes no poem.– RF Georgy

  • Painting a picture is writing a poem with paint. – Debasish Mridha

    Painting a picture is writing a poem with paint.– Debasish Mridha

  • A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. – EM Forster

    A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. – EM Forster

  • Though the body is itsgenesis, a poem is the vision of a p – Frank Bidart

    Though the body is itsgenesis, a poem is the vision of a p– Frank Bidart

  • … (lady i willtouch you with my mind.) Touchyou, that is all/lightly and you utterly will becomewith infinite care/ the poem which i do not write. – EE Cummings

    … (lady i willtouch you with my mind.) Touchyou, that is all/lightly and you utterly will becomewith infinite care/ the poem which i do not write.– EE Cummings