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

“My hair smells of oceanic wind”

“Be patient my little wild one, wondrous things take time. A pearl is hidden before it’s refined. A diamond’s luster is dull before revealing brilliant magnificent breathtaking shine.”

“He was a maniac utterly devoted to loving me, and I loved him in return, unapologetically.”

“Don't want a complicated love. Just want you to grab my demons, kiss my madness and run away with me.”

“Get messy. Play in the dirt. Take a few falls, let them happen. Cuts and bruises, scrapes and scars are good for the soul – You bleed, you heal, you rise.”

“Fireflies, to me, are nighttime butterflies,”

“Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems,”

“He wanders, like a day-appearing dream,”

“I will arise and go now, for always night and day”

“There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money, either”

“[Short Talk on Sylvia Plath] Did you see her mother on television? She said plain, burned things. She said I thought it an excellent poem but it hurt me. She did not say jungle fear. She did not say jungle hatred wild jungle weeping chop it back chop it. She said self-government she said end of the road. She did not say humming in the middle of the air what you came for chop.”

“In the end, everyone is aware of this:”