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" Sylvia Plath, Rumi, there's a lot of spoken word poets who do a really incredible job putting their spoken work into page poetry - that's what I strive to do. "

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" This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry? "

" I feel like I'm like a healer in a pop singer's life. "

" I think, for me as an artist, there are no boundaries. As long as I'm creating in a way that isn't trying to re-traumatize any wounds that I do have. "

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" In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. "

" Fogs are like dreams that feed the soul, and without their mysterious embrace, childhood, courtship, poetry and the composition of music become all the more difficult. "

" The thing I really love about my fans is the vulnerability and openness, the crying and the hugs. They are so kind. "

" The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female. "

" The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far. "

" In high school I was very much involved in poetry. You cannot read a poem quickly. There's too much going on there. There are rhythms and alliterations. You have to read poetry slow, slow, slow to absorb it all. "

" Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. "

" Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. "

" Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly. "

" It's not easy to define poetry. "

" I read poetry to save time. "

" One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. "

" There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. "

" Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling. "

" To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. "

" I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot. "

" From my teenage years on, I sought out Native elders from many tribal nations and listened to their words. I also started a small press, The Greenfield Review Press, and became very involved with publishing the work of other American Indian authors, especially books of poetry. "

" If I can sit down at my keyboard and have a melody that says something that I can't with words, that's a really beautiful thing. "

" Fat bodies are used comically. I respect Rebel Wilson so much, and Melissa McCarthy. I love them both. But so often, I feel like fat female bodies are used as props. "

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" All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. "

" I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry. "

" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "

" I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic. "

" The topics just kind of come to me. If they are relevant, it's because they're happening in the world around me, and it's affecting me. Poetry is my way of dealing with it. "

" It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish. "

" I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. "