“Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]” MenPoetOrdinaryPermitShelvesBooksellers Author:Horace
“Hyesims poems: transformative as walking high granite mountains by moonlight, with fragrant herbs underfoot and a thermos of clear tea in the backpack. Their bedrock is thusness, their images beauty is pellucid and new, their view without limit. The shelf of essential Zen poets for American readers grows larger with this immediately indispensable collection.” GrowsViewsClearPoetReaderWalkingMountainLimitsEssentialsTeaCollectionsShelvesIndispensableMoonlightHerbsBedrockGraniteThermos Author:Jane Hirshfield
“I pulled a book by Robinson Jeffers off the shelf one day. It was powerfully moving. Tears ran down my face. That's when I became a poet.” BookFacesMovingPoetryTearsPoetOne DayRanShelves Author:William Everson
“I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry.” MenWritingHeartI CanPoetMy HeartShelvesRenaissanceRenaissance Man Author:Anthony Mackie
“Emily Dickinson calls previous poets her kinsmen of the shelf. You can always be consoled by your kinsmen of the shelf and you can participate in poetry by going to them and by trying to make something worthy of them.” TryingPoetWorthyShelvesEmily Author:Edward Hirsch