tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post6547874787968795484..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: The Poet's United Quote BucketRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-71407304156802254332011-01-16T11:26:31.648-05:002011-01-16T11:26:31.648-05:00"A good poem is a contribution to reality. Th..."A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him." <br />— Dylan ThomasKerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-7987231665204406662010-12-28T20:58:41.432-05:002010-12-28T20:58:41.432-05:00"Creativity and desire draw strong at an agin..."Creativity and desire draw strong at an aging spirit. The pull has no explanation, it simply takes control, and like a red wagon handle in a young boy's hand, goes along for the ride." - John R. GreenwoodRaining Iguanashttp://rainingiguanas.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-2181091047996419492010-12-17T07:29:59.687-05:002010-12-17T07:29:59.687-05:00"Don't raise the sails; there is no wind ..."Don't raise the sails; there is no wind in their words."<br /><br />Michael YostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-22121381164819855572010-12-15T06:53:33.279-05:002010-12-15T06:53:33.279-05:00"We don't see the things as they are, we ..."We don't see the things as they are, we see them as we are." ~Anaïs Nin<br /><br />"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend." ~Paul Sweeney<br /><br />"If you have never said 'Excuse me' to a parking meter or bashed your shins on a fireplug, you are probably wasting too much valuable reading time." ~Sherri Chasin CalvoMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564210453026152076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-4751941416712300022010-12-11T19:17:09.976-05:002010-12-11T19:17:09.976-05:00" I hate reality, but it's the only place..." I hate reality, but it's the only place where you can get a good steak." <br /> - Woody Allen<br /><br />" You could get women with a saxophone."<br /> - Branford Marsalis<br /><br />"There is no gesture that does not speak."<br /> - Montaigne<br /><br />" Worry is destructive, but concern is a thinking mind solving a problem."<br /> - Duke Ellington<br /><br />" When there's something you don't understand, you have to go humbly to it."<br /> - ColtraneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-41921944189156024152010-11-19T10:27:48.843-05:002010-11-19T10:27:48.843-05:00"Really poets are like spiritual spies who ca..."Really poets are like spiritual spies who can't keep their mouths shut."<br />- C.W. HannaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-72947021539893324972010-11-19T10:25:51.393-05:002010-11-19T10:25:51.393-05:00Camus said "an intellectual is someone whose ...Camus said "an intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself"<br />Alber Camus<br />"A poet is someone whose watch minds itself."<br />C.W. HannaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-13442194488642990072010-10-11T22:57:54.778-04:002010-10-11T22:57:54.778-04:00Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on ...Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. ~Carl Sandburg<br /><br />Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. ~Carl Sandburg<br /><br />Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. ~Thomas Gray<br /><br />Poets are like magicians, searching for magical phrases to pull rabbits out of people's souls. ~Terri Guillemets<br /><br />A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling.<br />If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland<br />~ Kahlil Gibran<br /><br />The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see—it is, rather, a light by which we may see—and what we see is life. <br />~Robert Penn Warren<br /><br />Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.<br />~R KanterBernadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021888144880072183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-57413662664197411672010-09-12T09:52:08.048-04:002010-09-12T09:52:08.048-04:00"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?..."What is healing, but a shift in perspective?" Mark Doty (author)<br /><br />"Inside every patient there's a poet trying to get out." Anatole Broyard<br /><br />In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak-Tom RobbinsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-12843992481582599942010-09-12T07:57:06.858-04:002010-09-12T07:57:06.858-04:00"In Spite of Everything, Yes"
- Ralph St..."In Spite of Everything, Yes"<br />- Ralph Steiner and Caroline Steiner (Authors)<br /><br />"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."<br />- Aldous HuxleyHugh Doolanhttp://hughdoolan.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-82862522398587141192010-09-11T11:17:19.616-04:002010-09-11T11:17:19.616-04:00"Wнen ιnĸ joιnѕ a pen, тнen тнe вlanĸ paper c..."Wнen ιnĸ joιnѕ a pen, тнen тнe вlanĸ paper can ѕay ѕoмeтнιng." RumiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-78042949274261837252010-09-10T23:37:36.158-04:002010-09-10T23:37:36.158-04:00"Great things are not accomplished by those w..."Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."<br /><br />"Human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together."<br /><br />-Jack KerouacWeaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467584502095433332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-63150454418008364162010-09-10T08:26:21.871-04:002010-09-10T08:26:21.871-04:00One of my favorites:
Discretion of speech is more...One of my favorites:<br /><br />Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. <br /><br />~Francis BaconAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-54839112940801577812010-09-09T11:55:50.994-04:002010-09-09T11:55:50.994-04:00I LOVE quotes and have been collecting my favorite...I LOVE quotes and have been collecting my favorites on my blog. Check them out! When I come across new quotes I will pass them on!<br /><br />http://lovelyannie79.wordpress.com/quotes-with-the-most/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-5890897865026060352010-09-08T16:42:44.823-04:002010-09-08T16:42:44.823-04:00http://taylormentalabyss.tumblr.com/post/108497393...http://taylormentalabyss.tumblr.com/post/1084973938/the-supreme-delight-of-the-imagination-takingTaylor Gibbshttp://taylormentalabyss.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-91799936779710653292010-09-08T15:04:15.492-04:002010-09-08T15:04:15.492-04:00Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or...Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live. <br />Gustave Flaubert <br /><br />Pamelaflauberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-33827412864947051892010-09-08T13:05:11.140-04:002010-09-08T13:05:11.140-04:00"I've learned that people will forget wha..."I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Maya AngelouKerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-18206993468848586562010-09-08T11:46:06.067-04:002010-09-08T11:46:06.067-04:00Robert,
What a fantastic idea.
Just to help I can ...Robert,<br />What a fantastic idea.<br />Just to help I can give you a quote, attributed to myself.<br />''True friends are more difficult to find, than a classy merlot''<br />( Eileen T O'Neill)Eileen T O'Neill .....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325632298717325699noreply@blogger.com