| "The one man who should never attempt an explanation of a poem is its author. If the poem can be improved by it's author's explanations it never should have been published, and if the poem cannot be improved by its author's explanations the explanations are scarcely worth reading." »Archibald MacLeish |
| "A poem is never finished, only abandoned." »Paul Valery |
| "I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree." »Joyce Kilmer |
| "A Haiku is just like a normal American poem except that it doesn't rhyme and it's totally stupid." »Trey and Matt Stone Parker |
| "History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man." »Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| "No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem." »Booker T. Washington |
| "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." »Johann von Goethe |
| "Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer." »Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
| "I have a spelling checkerIt came with my PCIt plainly marks four my revueMistakes I cannot sea.I've run this poem threw it,I'm sure your pleased too no,Its letter perfect in it's weigh,My checker tolled me sew." »Janet Minor |
| "Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before." »Shel Silverstein |
| "The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children who has filled his niche and accomplished his task who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had." »Robert Louis Stephenson |
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