“As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words.” HatePoet Book:Civil Wars Source: Civil Wars
“The poet must be free to love or hate as the spirit moves him, free to change, free to be a chameleon, free to be an enfant terrible. He must above all never worry about this effect on other people.” PeopleMovingSpiritHateWorryEffectsPoetTerribleChameleonLove Or Hate Author:May Sarton
“The source of each accordant strain Lies deeper than the Poet's brain. First from the people's heart must spring The passions which he learns to sing; They are the wind, the harp is he, To voice their fitful melody,-- The language of their varying fate, Their pride, grief, love, ambition, hate,-- The talisman which holds inwrought The touchstone of the listener's thought; That penetrates each vain disguise, And brings his secret to his eyes.” PeopleFirstsHeartEyeLyingHatePassionLanguageVoiceGriefSecretBrainFatePoetWindSourcePrideAmbitionSpringDeeperVainHis EyesMelodyDisguiseListenersStrainPenetrateHarpsTouchstonesTalismans Book:The Poems Source: The Poems
“I think, as poets, we are in the odd position of constantly defending our art form. Which is funny and also sort of invigorating, too. No one really says, "Oh you're a lawyer? I've never understood the law. In fact, I kind of hate it." Or, "Oh you wait tables? I didn't know that was something people did." I say it can be invigorating because, on some level, we have to evaluate what we do and why we do it almost daily. We have to explain ourselves to people all the time. We have to say, "Yes, I am a unicorn, believe in me."” PeopleThinkingBelieveKindArtHateWaitingPoetLawyerOddBelieve In MeUnicorn Author:Ada Limon
“Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?” MenHeartBodyHateWomenViolencePoetCaughtHatsTangledWomen's Bodies Author:Virginia Woolf