“Kierkegaard was once asked, 'What is a poet?' He answered that a poet was an unhappy man whose moans and cries of anguish were transformed into ravishing music.” MenPoetryCryPoetUnhappyTransformedAnguish Author:Langdon Brown Gilkey
“And I never thought this life was possible,You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for. In polaroids you were dressed in women's clothes Were you made ashamed, why'd you lock them in a drawer? Well, I don't think that I ever loved you more Well let the poets cry themselves to sleep And all their tearful words will turn back into steam The sound of loneliness makes me happier.” ThinkingWellsMadeTurnsWaitingSoundSleepLonelinessCryPoetClothesBirdThis LifeAshamedYellowLocksSteamDrawersPolaroids Author:Conor Oberst
“To the Young Artists of Italy! The cry of rebellion that we launch, linking our ideals with those of the Futurist poets, does not originate in an aesthetic clique. It expresses the violent desire that stirs in the veins of every creative artist today.” DoeTodayYoungDesireArtistCreativeCryPoetIdealsViolentRebellionAestheticVeinsCreative ArtCliqueCreative ArtistsYoung ArtistsFuturist Author:Umberto Boccioni
“Sing, seraph with the glory! heaven is high. Sing, poet with the sorrow! earth is low. The universe's inward voices cry "Amen" to either song of joy and woe. Sing, seraph, poet! sing on equally!” EarthJoySongUniverseHeavenVoiceCryPoetSorrowLowsGlorySingersInwardWoeAmen Book:Poems Source: Poems
“The first movie that made me cry was Dead Poets Society. That one gets me. O Captain! My Captain! That moment kills me.” FirstsMadeMomentsCryPoetThat MomentCaptainsKill MeDead Poets SocietyDead PoetsMade Me Cry Author:David Walton
“Our Poets make us laugh at Tragœdy, And with their Comoedies they make us cry.” LaughingCryPoet Author:Theresa Villiers
“Virtually every beginning poet hurts himself by an addiction to adjectives. Verbs are by far the most important things for poems-especially wonderful tough monosyllables like "gasp" and "cry." Nouns are the next most important. Adjectives tend to be useless.” ImportantNextHurtWonderfulCryPoetToughImportant ThingsAddictionUselessVerbsAdjectivesNouns Author:Donald Hall
“A poet is an unhappy creature whose heart is tortured by deepest suffering but whose lips are so formed that when his sighs and cries stream out over them, their sound beomes like the sound of beautiful music . . . . And men flock about the poet saying, Sing for us soon again; that is to say, may new sufferings torture your soul, and may your lips continue to be formed as before.” MenHeartMaySoulBeautifulSufferingSoundCryPoetCreaturesLipsUnhappyYour SoulTortureStreamsSighFlocksBeautiful Music Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers, and you know the feather dancers would come, and they'd say, "What are you, a poet? You're next".” PeopleKnowsNextCryPoetBabyBeerPerformingDancerFeathersFestivalsLiftingCinco De Mayo Author:Sandra Cisneros
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.” HeartPersonsBeautifulSoundMusicCryPoetProfoundLipsUnhappyThriveAnguishSighBeautiful MusicUnhappy Person Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.” TurnsSleepCryPoetSteam Author:Conor Oberst
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful.” PeopleMenHeartMaySoulSufferingSoundCryPoetLipsLovelyUnhappyYour SoulAnguishTormentSighFlocks Author:Soren Kierkegaard