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

“When poetry becomes synonymous with examination stress, it is unsurprising that readers abandon it once formal education ends.”

“In the beginning, poets make their best efforts to fit words into their rhyme and lyric. However, as time passes and the ink mystifies, poets tend to let their thoughts conjure a rhyme in tune with the extraordinary struggles of ordinary life.”

“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”

“Philosophy eulogises death, perturbs lives.”

“A new beginning is an illusion.”

“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.”

“Imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it. Do not think it up laboriously, as if you were working out mental arithmetic. Just look at it, touch it, smell it, listen to it, turn yourself into it. When you do this, the words look after themselves, like magic.”

“I dream the scent”

“Just know I am”

“I could not have climbed any mountains while looking from the ground... I would not have flown... or dived... or surfed... or swum... I am not a tourist nor a spectator... this is the life I have left, and I will not waste it like some rubber-neck”

“Birth, not death, is the hard loss.”

“Well in case you failed to notice,”