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"Every time he raised his hands on her. He killed a prince from a fairy tale somewhere deep within her heart, brutally."

"Every time he raised his hands on her. He killed a prince from a fairy tale somewhere deep within her heart, brutally."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Tragedy, Abuse, Pain, Loss, Love

18

"The guilty think all talk is of themselves."

"The guilty think all talk is of themselves."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

18

"I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now."

"I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Poetry, American, Now, Years

18

"Learning never stops till the very end of life's existence from whoever and at whatever time or situations."

"Learning never stops till the very end of life's existence from whoever and at whatever time or situations."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Education, Learning, Growth, Knowledge, Life

18

"Time is a Test of Trouble - But not a Remedy - If such it proved it proves too There was no Melody."

"Time is a Test of Trouble - But not a Remedy - If such it proved it proves too There was no Melody."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Time, Trouble, Test, Reflection

18

"The secret to unseating great power, is not to move the other direction, but to compete directly against their goals."

"The secret to unseating great power, is not to move the other direction, but to compete directly against their goals."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Tactics, Power, Competition, Truth, Wisdom

18

"The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train."

"The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train."

Robert Lowell, American Poet

Life, End, Light

18

"I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy."

"I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy."

Edith Sitwell, British Poet

Discipline, Hope, Church, Authority

18

"I see your painas clearly as I feel my own.I will share your burden so you feel it less.Do not hate this world.Do not hate these people.I will share my hopeso you feel it more.I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours."

"I see your painas clearly as I feel my own.I will share your burden so you feel it less.Do not hate this world.Do not hate these people.I will share my hopeso you feel it more.I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Empathy, Pain, Love, Support

18

"If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try."

"If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try."

Marianne Moore, American Poet

18

"Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure."

"Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Poetry, End, Pain, Pleasure

18

"The greatest cunning is to have none at all."

"The greatest cunning is to have none at all."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

18

"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."

"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

18

"All kinds of people read poetry: revolutionaries, scholars, sentimentalists etc. But above all else, lovers read poetry. Why? Because we fell in love. And then we fell in love with love."

"All kinds of people read poetry: revolutionaries, scholars, sentimentalists etc. But above all else, lovers read poetry. Why? Because we fell in love. And then we fell in love with love."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Romance, Poetry, Lovers, Love, Emotion

18

"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

18

"Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use."

"Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Ability, Literature, Writers

18

"I suppress the vast majority of what I write."

"I suppress the vast majority of what I write."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

Expression, Majority

18

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

Work, Attention

18

"It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers."

"It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Compassion, Crisis, Empathy, Humanity, Kindness

18

"You know how it is. Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another."

"You know how it is. Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Adventure, Travel, Surprise, Change

18

"A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman."

"A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Humor, Successful

18

"In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence."

"In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

Progress, First, Independence, Personality

18

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

18

"We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name."

"We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Legacy, Strength, Women, Men

18

"Internet has grown to not only touch humans in a physical sense but also in an emotional sense."

"Internet has grown to not only touch humans in a physical sense but also in an emotional sense."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Connection, Internet, Emotion, Technology

18

"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Writing, Art, Dance, Chance

18

"Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read."

"Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read."

Charles Churchill, English Poet

Envy, Resentment, Whim

18

"The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry."

"The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry."

Philip Levine, American Poet

Poetry, Work, Day, Irony

18

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

18

"To live with you is to live.To live without you is to die."

"To live with you is to live.To live without you is to die."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Love, Life, Death, Dependency

18

"I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not."

"I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not."

Saadi, Iranian Poet

18

"Deep down inside we always seek for our departed loved ones."

"Deep down inside we always seek for our departed loved ones."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Loss, Memory, Love, Grief

18

"Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over dramatize it, or underplay it, exaggerate the wrong parts or ignore the important ones. At any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to."

"Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over dramatize it, or underplay it, exaggerate the wrong parts or ignore the important ones. At any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Expression, Writing, Emotion, Exaggeration

18

"To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard."

"To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

18

"My art unkind, my energy all gone blind;The limbs uneven, the face shallower,Because those who I see are not seen,Those who see me are rude indeed. So blow, blow dear winter, just blow along me!"

"My art unkind, my energy all gone blind;The limbs uneven, the face shallower,Because those who I see are not seen,Those who see me are rude indeed. So blow, blow dear winter, just blow along me!"

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Winter, Art, Despair, Poetry

18

"As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."

"As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, Beauty, Old

18

"A man growing old becomes a child again."

"A man growing old becomes a child again."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

18

"For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity."

"For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Nature, Music, Hearing, Humanity

18

"We all have our secrets, some people like to hide it and some just don't like to reveal."

"We all have our secrets, some people like to hide it and some just don't like to reveal."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Secrets, Privacy, Trust, Personality

18

"I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store and kept it when my grandmother's papers were destroyed. I'd written some essays. I loved poetry, still do. But I really, really loved it then."

"I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store and kept it when my grandmother's papers were destroyed. I'd written some essays. I loved poetry, still do. But I really, really loved it then."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Writing, Poetry, Love, Memory

18

"Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings."

"Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

Advice, Danger, Kings

18

"I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world."

"I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Age, Ambiguity, Right, Woman

18

"I'm a winner because I always bet on you."

"I'm a winner because I always bet on you."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Success, Winning, Confidence, Support, Trust

18

"She was the sky full of surprises. Her dreams were blue and breathtaking as a bright day and her secrets were dark and poetic as a cold night. Either way, she was the most beautiful mess that one had ever come across."

"She was the sky full of surprises. Her dreams were blue and breathtaking as a bright day and her secrets were dark and poetic as a cold night. Either way, she was the most beautiful mess that one had ever come across."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Art, Beauty, Sky, Dream, Secrets

18

"Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship."

"Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Politics, Compromise, Party, Poor

18

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom."

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Freedom, Fear, Hope, Longing

18

"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam."

"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam."

Eliza Cook, English Poet

Home, Heart, Footsteps, Land

18

"I wanted to tell her that if only something were wrong with my body it would be fine, I would rather have anything wrong with my body than something wrong with my head, but the idea seemed so involved and wearisome that I didn't say anything. I only burrowed down further in the bed."

"I wanted to tell her that if only something were wrong with my body it would be fine, I would rather have anything wrong with my body than something wrong with my head, but the idea seemed so involved and wearisome that I didn't say anything. I only burrowed down further in the bed."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Mental Health, Body, Mind, Illness, Silence

18

"There is no life without struggle."

"There is no life without struggle."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Life, Struggle, Survival, Endurance

18

"One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life."

"One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Life, Difference, Man, Sound

18

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