Today's poetic quotes come to you compliments of a gift from the 2014 Two Writing Teachers SOL Writing Challenge. I won a beautiful handmade book created and gifted from blogger, Stacie Evans, also known as Girl Griot. I have used it to capture quotes that I want to remember. Join me today as I meander through the pages of my commonplace book to share quotes about poetry.
"For me, poetry provides a place to slow down and see what is often unseen, to feel what might be empty, to hear a murmur in a world that shouts."
- Steve Peterson, Inside the dog
"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."
- Thomas Gray
"Writing is a daily practice, an opening of my heart to the whispers of my soul."
- Carol Varsalona, Beyond LiteracyLink
"Without poetry, we lose our way."
Joy Harjo, 23rd US Poet Laureate, 2019-2022
"One breath taken completely, one poem fully written, fully read - in such a moment, anything can happen."
- Jane Hirshfield
"Poetry can break open locked chambers of possibility, restore numbed zones to feeling, recharge desire."
- Adrienne Rich
"Poetry is a tool for disruption and creation and is necessary for generations of humans to know who they are and who they are becoming in the wave map of history."
- Joy Harjo
"Poetry invites a reader's participation. It is meant to communicate and connect."
- Holly Karapethova, Poet Laureate of Arlington County, Virginiapoets.org
"Poetry is like singing on paper."
(No attribution for this quote)
"Poetry offers us that silence - that great space."
- Ada Limon
"Poetry surprises us and deepens our sense of the ordinary. Poetry tells us that the world is full of wonder, revelation, consolation, and meaning."
- Tracy K. Smith, US Poet Laureate, 2017-2019
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What a great quote collection! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIf you're looking for something poetic every day, I'm sure you'll find it. What a fun treasure hunt!
ReplyDeleteThese quotes are fabulous-- thank you for sharing! Your NPM project is beautiful. I hope you are finding a wealth of inspiration!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed these quotes very much. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteRamona, I am honored to have a place in your little notebook. You made my morning open with delight after a night of troubled sleep. Thank you my friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these quotes. I needed to read them today. I love Naomi Shihab Nye is "See poetry everywhere."
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