Writing a poem is discovering

Quote by Robert Frost

Topics: Poetry Quotes

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take...

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take...

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in...

To be social is to be forgiving

To be social is to be forgiving

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in...

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in...

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly...

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly...

An earthly dog of the carriage breed; Who, having failed of the modern speed, Now...

An earthly dog of the carriage breed; Who, having failed of the modern speed, Now...

It looked as if a night of dark intent Was coming, and not only a...

It looked as if a night of dark intent Was coming, and not only a...

I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative...

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative...

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to...

The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to...

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on thee and I'll forgive thy great big one...

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on thee and I'll forgive thy great big one...

Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.

Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.