Quotes About Freedom

Poetry is a string of words that parades without a permit.

Poetry is the ultimate democracy.

Poetry fettered fetters the human race.

When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Poetry is a sky dark with a wild-duck migration.

Poetry is not a luxury.

We ran as if to meet the moon.

Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.

To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.

Poetry is a big space and I love it.

Poetry is the overflowing of the Soul.

The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control.

Writing poetry is a state of free float.

Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free.

The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.

I wish that I could fly into the sky and touch the clouds with my hands.

I sang in my chains like the sea

Poetry and prison have always been neighbors.

Are democracy and poetry exclusive of one another and, if so, why?

There's no preparation for poetry.

I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the child to self-expression and exploration.

Poetry is a break for freedom.

How fortunate we are to exist in the moneyless economy of poetry! When you take money out of the equation, anything goes and nobody cares. It's truly free.