William Collins Quotes
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But all they want to do Is tie the poem to a chair with rope And torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose To find out what it really means.
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I would rather see words out on their own, away from their families and the warehouse of Roget wandering the world where they sometimes fall in love with a completely different word.
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Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead
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Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.
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Poetry is the history of the human heart, and it continues to record the history of human emotion, whether it's celebration or grief or whatever it may be.
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I want to remove my hat, close my eyes,and feel the sun, warm and intermittent, on my face.
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Not to say that authors are all such sourpusses, but you meet the author in the best possible way, on the written page. I am at my best there, more patient, more thoughtful.
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It seems only yesterday I used to believethere was nothing under my skin but light.If you cut me, I would shine.But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,I skin my knees. I bleed.
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I would go into the kitchen for coffeeand on the way back to the page,curled in its roller,I would light one up and feelits dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee.
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Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.
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O Music! sphere-descended maid, / Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid!
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T was sad by fits, by starts 't was wild.