Poetry Quote by Stephen Dunn — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Bring to me, it said, continual proof / you've been alive.”

“I'll say I love you,”

“Connubial”

“I’ll always deny that I kissed her.”

“I will try to disappoint you”

“I will deck thee with trophies, garlands of my defeat. It is never in my power to escape unconquered.”

“The masters of information have forgotten about poetry, where words may have a meaning quite different from what the lexicon says, where the metaphoric spark is always one jump ahead of the decoding function, where another, unforeseen reading is always possible.”

“How to Write a Poem”

“and I ask myself and you, which of our visions will claim us”

“I walked a mile with Pleasure;”

“At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.”