Poetry Quote by John Clare — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I found the poems in the fields,”

“I long for scenes where man hath never trod”

“O words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away”

“I hid my love when young till I”

“Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,”

“Language has not the power to speak what love indites”

“contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for the last half-century.”

“From the time I began to read, as a child, I loved to feel their heft in my hand and the warm spot caused by their intimate weight in my lap; I loved the crisp whisper of a page turning, the musky odor of old paper and the sharp inky whiff of new pages. Leather bindings sent me into ecstasy. I even loved to gaze at a closed book and daydream about the possibilities inside.”

“I really don't know what "I love you" means.”

“When we walk in the sun”

“Higgledy piggledy, my black hen,”

“Someone once told me that explaining is an admission of failure.”