#poe

The simplest metaphors be the dope. ↗

— Jay Electronica

#poetry #rap #inspirational

These are the woes of Slaves;/They glare from the abyss;/They cry, from unknown graves,/"We are the Witnesses! ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#henry #henry-wadsworth-longfellow #inspirational #longfellow #poems

A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts.  A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#inspirational-quotes #poet #poetry #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Everything happens for a reason, it’s up to you to determine the reason it happened. —Nate Spears ↗

— Nate Spears

#poetnatespears #inspirational

Forgive me, joy, if I blasphemed you before I learned to love. ↗

— Milan Rúfus

#forgiveness

Lifes like a painters palette, just when you've got everything worked out the colours change ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#philosophical #philosophy #poetry #wisdom #wisdom-quote

You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#freedom

For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles. ↗

— Socrates

#poet #socrates #inspirational

Think of what starlight And lamplight would lack Diamonds and fireflies If they couldn’t lean against Black. . . . ↗

— Mary O'Neill

#book #color #inspiration #mary #o-neill

Prose talks and poetry sings. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#prose #sings #talks