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

“The beautiful thing”

“She was too busy wishing”

“The prettiest girls shine brightest in the dark.”

“Chase your stars fool, life is short.”

“I just need you and some sunsets.”

“Brushing a girl’s hair”

“Every poem I write falls short in some important way. But I go on trying to write the one that won’t.”

“A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.”

“Relate comic things in pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic of beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend of the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it into a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, dreamy atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days … the region of pure poetry.”

“And each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.”

“Sweet hour, blessed hour, to carry me to you, and to bring you back to me, long enough to snatch one kiss, and whisper goodbye again.”