“When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.” InspirationalEnjoySidesPoetDeeperHolesEnjoymentClimbsEnlightenedSceneryDig Deep Book:Venus in Arms Source: Venus in Arms
“the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.” PoetClimbsAbsurdityRhymeWireRhymingConey Island Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.” MenPoetryStarsPoetClimbsLaddersViolin Author:Edmond de Goncourt
“Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life around you -- the dulness, and the earthliness, and the brutishness of men? Fret not. Go forward into the realm which stretches before you; climb the highest mountain you can reach, and plant a cross there. The nations will come up to it some day. Work for immortality if you will; then wait for it. If your own age fail to recognize you, a coming age will not.” IfsMenAgeNationsWaitingFailingPossibilityPoetMountainHighestIdealsCrossesPlantCome UpImmortalityRealmsProphetClimbsDreamerImpatient Author:J. G. Holland