...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's source.

Quote by Billy Collins

Topics: Pleasure Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Poets Quotes

Death is what makes life fun.

Death is what makes life fun.

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking

Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own...

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

The question shouldn't be is there life after death but is there life before death...

The question shouldn't be is there life after death but is there life before death...

All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood...

All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry