“Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. ” Audre Lorde
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ” Leonard Cohen
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible” Vladimir Nabakov
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it” Anais Nin
“A word after a word after a word is power”
Margaret Atwood
I ❤ this…love, love, love the quotes. Hugs friend!
Yay, thanks darlin’! These kind of quotes remind me how beautiful life is and how crucial our creative words are ❤
Love these quotes. I’ve been writing a lot of poetry lately, so they really speak to me. 🙂
I really want to get into writing poetry. I always found it intimidating, but I’ve been reading a lot more of it lately and am completely overtaken by it 🙂 xo.