Poetry Quote by Barbara Botch — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The world was fair, the mountains tall”

“I act as the tongue of you,”

“I saw my face today”

“Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the product's something that, though it may not be for everybody, is about everybody.”

“And if the world has ceased to hear you,”

“If you only write when you’re inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist because you’re going to have to make your word count today and those words aren’t going to wait for you whether you’re inspired or not.”