Or if youРІР‚в„ўre short on time, we have short poems so you can sneak more poetry into your life.In Deep Change Robert E. If these quotes about poetry have inspired you, weРІР‚в„ўve got you covered! Here are 58 love poems to read right now. РІР‚СљIf I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.РІР‚Сњ -Emily Dickinson РІР‚СљYou can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just whatРІР‚в„ўs in your heart.РІР‚Сњ -Carol Ann Duffy РІР‚СљThereРІР‚в„ўs a reason poets often say, РІР‚ВPoetry saved my life,РІР‚в„ў for often the blank page is the only one listening to the soulРІР‚в„ўs suffering, the only one registering the story completely, the only one receiving all softly and without condemnation.РІР‚Сњ -Clarissa Pinkola Estes And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.РІР‚Сњ -Joy Harjo РІР‚СљWhen I began to listen to poetry, itРІР‚в„ўs when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to other. #joyharjo #crazybrave #currentlyreading #unabridgedbookstore #shoplocalР”Р„ post shared by s.klecknerРІвЂћСћ on at 10:16am PDT Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul.РІР‚Сњ -Susan Vreeland The air is living with its spirit and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.РІР‚Сњ -James Gates Percival РІР‚СљThe poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.РІР‚Сњ -Jean Cocteau I donРІР‚в„ўt think I solve problems in my poetry I think I uncover the problems.РІР‚Сњ -Margaret Atwood The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. РІР‚СљThe genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. РІР‚СљPoetry is one of the ancient arts, and it begins as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.РІР‚Сњ -Mary Oliver Vain-glory is the bane of us, the humans' That they don't know they are alive РІР‚вЂњ that they don't feel, that action upon which all consciousness sits, lightly or heavily. Which doesn't mean they don't know, in their own way, what they are. Butterflies don't write books, neither do lilies or violets. And after enjoying her essays this much, I need to get my hands on Mary OliverР’Т‘s poetry! 'Understand from the first this certainty. But Upstream as a whole will have a special place in my heart and IР’Т‘ll come back to itР’Т‘s words again and again РІР‚вЂњ the book is filled with post it notes for my favorite parts. What made the collection not a perfect read for me are the few essays about Mary OliverР’Т‘s favorite writers, their lives and works. More poetically and beautifully than I could write myself. It felt like someone put to words my own thoughts. The encounters with different animals, the connection to nature, the endless admiration of it.

Mary Oliver is an incredible writer and I found so much I could relate to. And I'm glad I did! Even when I had only read the first paragraph of the first essay I had a strong feeling I would love this collection. РІР‚СљPoetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.РІР‚Сњ -Lawrence FerlinghettiР”Р„s soon as I saw PaulaР’Т‘s ( ) post of Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver I knew I had to buy it. РІР‚СљPoetry is emotion, passion, love, grief-everything that is human.

РІР‚СљPoetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.РІР‚Сњ -Carl Sandburg РІР‚СљPoetry is a way of taking life by the throat.РІР‚Сњ -Robert Frost РІР‚СљPoetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.РІР‚Сњ -June Jordan РІР‚СљPoetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.РІР‚Сњ -A.P.J. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence it breaks walls down.РІР‚Сњ -Mahmoud Darwish РІР‚СљPoetry and beauty are always making peace. РІР‚СљOnly the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.РІР‚Сњ -Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel ThatРІР‚в„ўs all that mattersРІР‚В¦But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. РІР‚СљAnon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.РІР‚Сњ -Virginia Woolf A post shared by me llamo sabela on at 2:13am PST

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