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

“Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.”

“You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for.”

“Oh, the things we invent when we are scared”

“A man walks into a bar and says:”

“You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and he won’t tell you that he loves you, but he loves you. And you feel like you’ve done something terrible, like robbed a liquor store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you’re tired. You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and you’re trying not to tell him that you love him, and you’re trying to choke down the feeling, and you’re trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something you didn’t even have a name for.”

“Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.”

“The new world is as yet”

“do not look for healing”

“Higgledy piggledy, my black hen,”

“One breath taken completely; one poem, fully written, fully read - in such a moment, anything can happen.”

“Pater noster”