Quotes About Poetry

În faÈ›a ei, poeÈ›ii tac, iar dansatorul îÈ™i amuÈ›eÈ™te cu palma clopoÈ›eii tamburinei. Îndr?gostitul devine nebun, nebunul ajunge profet, iar profetul se-ndumnezeieÈ™te.

Poezia s-a sinucis avînd grij? s?-È™i fac? un nod foarte estetic la È™treang.

Iubim femeile pentru c? pentru ele se scriu trei sferturi din poezia ÅŸi proza lumii. Pentru c? sunt femei, pentru c? nu sunt b?rbaÅ£i, nici altceva. Pentru c? din ele-am ieÅŸit ÅŸi-n ele ne-ntoarcem, ÅŸi mintea noastr? se roteÅŸte ca o planet? greoaie, mereu ÅŸi mereu, numai în jurul lor.

I think that the habit of gloomy poetry is very funny. It's like a special competition in losing.

Het gedicht, die bescheiden poging van de dichter om niet nu maar pas later uiteen te vallen.

Although a poem arises when there's nothing else to be done, although a poem is a last attempt at order when one can't stand the disorder any longer, although poets are most needed when freedom, vitamin C, communications, laws and hypertension therapy are also most needed, although to be an artist is to fail and art is fidelity to failure, as Samuel Beckett says, a poem is not one of the last but of the first things of man.

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Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

My parents were great readers of poetry and had a weakness for the light fantastic.' 'A pleasant change from the heavy dismal we suffer from everywhere today,' commented Winnie.

Ur. It is strange in you gentlemen poets that you always condemn the pieces which every one runs after, and speak well only of those which no one goes to see. You display an unconquerable hatred for the one, and an inconceivable tenderness for the others.

All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose.

his mother and I aren't too happy about Richard. Frankly, he's getting a bit, er, well … first reading poetry when he ought to be getting his pony ready for the Bath and County next Thursday, then lying to his mother – took his beating in a very, well, cowardly way, then, am I right? howling on your, in your, in the schoolroom,' the Captain finished desperately.

The limerick packs laughs anatomical, into space that is quite economical; but the good ones I've seen, so seldom are clean, and the clean ones so seldom are comical.

En arquitectura, el que compta és la poesia de l'espai [...].

McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time ...

The romantic idealization of love and the beloved had no source in Roman or Germanic tradition. It came apparently from Islamic Spain, where women had a good deal of freedom and were often poets in their own right. It was there that a mystical doctrine of love as a holy passion, pure and uplifting, developed. Arabic literature is full of parted and thwarted lovers, totally faithful and devoted. Its poetry is mostly love poetry, foreshadowing the themes and styles of the French troubadours.

In the beginning, poetry rather than prose was the dominant form, for poetry was the normal expression of the literary impulse before writing came to confuse culture. Long after the book appeared, literature was heard rather than read.

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

You remember what Goethe said in the moment of his death [...] 'More light.' Death opens up the way to more light, and carries us to those regions where we stand face to face with eternal Beauty and Truth. I remember the time when I read Goethe's poems with you, and I hope you also remember those happy days when we were so near to each other spiritually speaking. Iqbals Briefwechsel mit Emma Wegenast (S. 45, Iqbal and Goethe, Christina Oesterheld)

He is no mean poet, and his verse can rouse or persuade even if his logic fail to convince. His message is not for the Mohammedans of India alone, but for Moslems everywhere: accordingly he writes in Persian instead of Hindustani—a happy choice, for amongst educated Moslems there are many familiar with Persian literature, while the Persian language is singularly well adapted to express philosophical ideas in a style at once elevated and charming.

Kendi boslugunuzla yuzlesmeden varliginizi dolduramazsiniz. Siir bizim kendimiz olmaya acilan kapimizdir. Ama bazen kendi kapimizi yuzumuze kapatiriz. Kim olursaniz olun, nasil olursaniz olun, ama kendinize girip ciktiginiz bir kapiniz olsun cocuklar. Az olun, ama hakiki olun! Bir gun kendi kapinizi calacak yuzunuz olsun. - Moottah

iyi sanatin, iyi siirin bir yardimi da buydu insana. sizi sahip olmadiginiz zamanlara tasirdi; yalniz gecmise degil gelecege de.

?çindeki ?air hiçbir zaman ölmemi? ama [...] onu, kendinden yap?lma bir hapishanede kilit alt?na alm??t?.