The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That’s what poetry does. Allen Ginsberg
The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into aContinue reading “Quote of the Day – April 11, 2017”
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. E. M. Forster
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust,Continue reading “Poem of the Week: Still I Rise by Maya Angelou”
There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry. Emily Dickinson
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly?” -Emily Bronte
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itselfContinue reading “Quote of the Day – April 7, 2017”
Human beings love poetry. They don’t even know it sometimes… whether they’re the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber… they’re listening to poetry.” Maya Angelou
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.” Percy Bysshe Shelley
