"The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry."

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"In the grueling light that passed for day..."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Poetry, Light, Life, Description

"Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,But never will be sung to us again,Is they remembrance. Now the hour of restHath come to thee. Sleep, darling: it is best."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Poetry, Remembrance, Sadness, Love, Beauty

"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Poetry, First, Language, Rest

"It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Poetry, Movement, Memory, Time

"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."

Thomas Gray, English Poet

Poetry, Thoughts, Words

"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing."

John Cage, American Composer

Poetry, Nothing

"Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Poetry,

"She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Poetry, Beauty, Nature, Grace

"Each drop that fell, had a story to tell.each smile that curved, said a million words.(Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)"

Jasleen Kaur Gumber, Indian Writer

Poetry, Life, Art, Emotion, Expression

"I've got mixed feelings about poetry cause done well poetry is fantastic. But not many people are capable of doing it well. I think you should have some kind of license to perform poetry. A poetic license perhaps."

Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian

Poetry, Creativity, Criticism, Art, Humor

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"When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths."

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"Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."

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"The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism."

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"Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together."

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"In the grueling light that passed for day..."

"Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,But never will be sung to us again,Is they remembrance. Now the hour of restHath come to thee. Sleep, darling: it is best."

"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."

"It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road."

"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."

"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing."

"Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it."

"She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies."

"Each drop that fell, had a story to tell.each smile that curved, said a million words.(Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)"

"I've got mixed feelings about poetry cause done well poetry is fantastic. But not many people are capable of doing it well. I think you should have some kind of license to perform poetry. A poetic license perhaps."

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"When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths."

"Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."

"The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism."

"Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together."

"Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor."

"No one but a fool is always right."

"Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail."

"To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin."

"In oratory the will must predominate."

"Smiles are the language of love."