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"I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this."

"I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

14

"From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone."

"From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Memory, Childhood, Joy, Isolation, Love

14

"The eyes have one language everywhere."

"The eyes have one language everywhere."

George Herbert, British Poet

Perception, Eyes, Language

14

"There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals."

"There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Intellectual, Intellectuals

14

"Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity."

"Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity."

George Oppen, American Poet

Poetry, Clarity, Motive, World

14

"Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees."

"Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees."

William Cowper, English Poet

14

"America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land."

"America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land."

Philip James Bailey, English Poet

Nation, America, Land, World

14

"Sometimes you have to get away from what you know to discover what you don't know."

"Sometimes you have to get away from what you know to discover what you don't know."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Discovery, Truth, Life, Change

14

"The imagination is man's power over nature."

"The imagination is man's power over nature."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Imagination, Nature, Power, Man

14

"The Truth must dazzle gradually. Or every man be blind."

"The Truth must dazzle gradually. Or every man be blind."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Perception, Truth, Vision, Blindness

14

"In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always."

"In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Politics, Truth, Argument, Falsehood

14

"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."

"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Death, People, Day, Defeat

14

"So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman."

"So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman."

Allen Tate, American Poet

14

"To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress."

"To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress."

William Blake, English Poet

Spiritual, Compassion, Love, Pity, Mercy

14

"It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock."

"It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock."

Ovid, Roman Poet

14

"France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme."

"France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

14

"The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival."

"The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Life, Love, War, Mother

14

"And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again."

"And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

14

"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

14

"I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing."

"I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Employment, Jobs

14

"The day breaks not, it is my heart."

"The day breaks not, it is my heart."

John Donne, British Poet

14

"As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters."

"As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters."

Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish Poet

Love, Daughters

14

"Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately."

"Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

Freedom, Speech, World

14

"Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness."

"Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Art, Music, Creativity, Expression, Poetry

14

"Art is not living. It is the use of living."

"Art is not living. It is the use of living."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

14

"The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds."

"The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

14

"In constant view keeps mightily true an honest resolve to do."

"In constant view keeps mightily true an honest resolve to do."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Resolve, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Life

14

"Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?"

"Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?"

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Truth, Opinions

14

"I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity."

"I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Change, Poetry, Exploitation, Injustice

14

"If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves."

"If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Fear, Bryant H. Mcgill

14

"Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks."

"Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks."

Ovid, Roman Poet

14

"We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear."

"We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Narrative, Storytelling, Voice, Imagination, Identity

14

"Life's more amusing than we thought."

"Life's more amusing than we thought."

Andrew Lang, Scottish Poet

14

"Inner-calm will lead you on a beautiful journey back to your original self; the perfect, beautiful you."

"Inner-calm will lead you on a beautiful journey back to your original self; the perfect, beautiful you."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Calm, Truth, Wisdom, Self

14

"When, indeed, men speak of Beauty, they mean, precisely, not a quality, as is supposed, but an effect - they refer, in short, just to that intense and pure elevation of soul - not of intellect, or of heart."

"When, indeed, men speak of Beauty, they mean, precisely, not a quality, as is supposed, but an effect - they refer, in short, just to that intense and pure elevation of soul - not of intellect, or of heart."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Philosophy, Beauty, Perception, Soul, Experience

14

"It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!"

"It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!"

May Sarton, American Poet

Love, Fear, Murder, Privilege

14

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now."

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

14

"It well becomes a young man to be modest."

"It well becomes a young man to be modest."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

14

"The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness."

"The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness."

Robert Bly, American Poet

Love, Beginning, Horror

14

"I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice."

"I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice."

Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

Sacrifice, Choice, Rest, Talk

14

"PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry."

"PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Inspirational, Light, Poetry, Genius

14

"And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it."

"And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Poetry, Nothing, Will

14

"The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service."

"The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Life, Dreams, Charity, Man

14

"Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions."

"Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

14

"To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living."

"To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living."

Aurelius Prudentius, Roman Poet

14

"I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time."

"I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Money, Time, Love, Pleasure

14

"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold."

"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Family, Men, Women, Children

14

"God made the country, and man made the town."

"God made the country, and man made the town."

William Cowper, English Poet

God, Country, Man

14

"You have put yourself at risk to activate your instinctual genius."

"You have put yourself at risk to activate your instinctual genius."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Instinct, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

14

"We live as One Man for contracting our infinite senses we behold multitude or expanding: we behold as one."

"We live as One Man for contracting our infinite senses we behold multitude or expanding: we behold as one."

William Blake, English Poet

Philosophy, Unity, Perception, Life, Perspective

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