Poetry Quote by Charles Simic — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Poetry is an orphan of silence.”

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,”

“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity for our existence. It forms the quality of light from which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”

“I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—”

“And watch two men washing clothes,”

“Fondling,' she saith, 'since I have hemm'd thee here”

“and the afterglow...”