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

“Safety isn't always safe. You can find one on every gun.”

“So build yourself as beautiful as you want your world to be. Wrap yourself in light then give yourself away with your heart, your brush, your march, your art, your poetry, your play. And for every day you paint the war, take a week and paint the beauty, the color, the shape of the landscape you’re marching towards. Everyone knows what you’re against; show them what you’re for.”

“I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with.”

““For Jenn”

““Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they're falling like”

“I wrote too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak”

“Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.”

“All of us wild and fighting for our lives. In the fragrant wilderness of this blue night, my heart sings along with the other nocturnal beasts.”

“Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:”

“FRIDA KAHLO TO MARTY MCCONNELL”

“Hanged”

“Maybe when water yearned for fire / it invented waves / so one day they might become flames”