Poetry Quote by Mark Strand — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.”

“Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.”

“In a field”

“When we walk in the sun”

“These wrinkles are nothing”

“I was not sorrowful, but only tired”

“The Quiet World”

“At five in the afternoon.”

“Too many poets act like a middle-aged mother trying to get her kids to eat too much cooked meat, and potatoes with drippings (tears). I don't give a damn whether they eat or not. Forced feeding leads to excessive thinness (effete). Nobody should experience anything they don't need to, if they don't need poetry bully for them. I like the movies too. And after all, only Whitman and Crane and Williams, of the American poets, are better than the movies.”

“When your heart is broken you plant seeds in the cracks”

“during my worst times”