Quotes About Connection

Life's a circle. There are no lines we can cross.

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

Poetry and painting are done in the same way you make love; it's an exchange of blood, a total embrace - without caution, without any thought of protecting yourself.

Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.

If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul, you haven't experienced poetry.

On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton.

For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.

If you don't have at least a working knowledge of the Hawaiian language… you can't chant well. You cannot… receive the images of poetry paints for you. It's like having peas and no pod.

The people need poetry that will be their own secret To keep them awake forever, And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Be with those who help your being.

There is such a shelter in each other.

Poetry is either language lit up by life or life lit up by language

Poetry is philosophy's sister, the one that wears makeup.

The typewriter separated me from a deeper intimacy with poetry, and my hand brought me closer to that intimacy again.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss.