If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger. Votes: 1
At eight, I made a commitment to poetry. Until then, I thought I'd be a policeman. But I went a whole night without sleeping, and the next day the world had changed. It needed a different language. Votes: 1
In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world. Votes: 1
If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world. Votes: 0
Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them. Votes: 0
Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'. Votes: 4 Lindsay Lohan
Poetry is fact given over to imagery. Votes: 5 Rod McKuen
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Votes: 6 Ralph Waldo Emerson