Poetry Quote by Yannis Ritsos — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“… the fisherman’s daughter grinding serenity in her coffee grinder.”

“They all tell you not to fight fire with fire,”

“I am not yours, not lost in you,”

“Glossa”

“Just as in the second part of a verse bad poets seek a thought to fit their rhyme, so in the second half of their lives people tend to become more anxious about finding actions, positions, relationships that fit those of their earlier lives, so that everything harmonizes quite well on the surface: but their lives are no longer ruled by a strong thought, and instead, in its place, comes the intention of finding a rhyme.”

“I am in the middle of it: chaos and poetry; poetry and love and again, complete chaos. Pain, disorder, occasional clarity; and at the bottom of it all: only love; poetry. Sheer enchantment, fear, humiliation. It all comes with love”

“If I could write words”