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

“A reader takes poetry deep within him or her by accommodating it within his/her range of consciousness.”

“But I want to write poetry”

“You entered the room”

“In this vagueness,”

“Before getting translated, a poem already gets shrunk or expanded within the ‘sphere of intellect’ of the translator in the original language, and it again gets shrunk or expanded within the ‘sphere of intellect’ of the translator in the target language.”

“It incinerates unceasingly, trying”

“Poetry is just evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”

“The busybody (banned as sexist, demeaning to older women) who lives next door called my daughter a tomboy (banned as sexist) when she climbed the jungle (banned; replaced with "rain forest") gym. Then she had the nerve to call her an egghead and a bookworm (both banned as offensive; replaced with "intellectual") because she read fairy (banned because suggests homosexuality; replace with "elf") tales.”

“Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.”

“Compañera”

“Love does not claim materialistic possession of any kind, it yields complete freedom.”

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”