J. Patrick Lewis famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Hunting #Perfect #Poetry
Poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Tunnels #Light #Ends
A bad book owes to many trees | A forest of apologies.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Book #Apology #Tree
Spotted Park Bench I am a park bench. Ordinary words cannot express my thoughts on birds.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Bird #Ordinary #Benches
I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#World #Reader #Always Believe
Libraries Are Neccessary Gardens, Unsurpassed At Growing Excitement
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Garden #Library #Growing
A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad book owes to many trees A forest of apologies.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Book #Apology #Tree
Poetry is prose, bent out of shape.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Poetry #Shapes #Bent
Poetry is frosted fire.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Fire #Poetry #Poetry Is
I won't be sad too often, If they bury me in the library With bookworms in my coffin.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Library #Coffins #Bookworms
Please bury me in the library With a dozen long-stemmed proses
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Long #Library #Dozen
The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing.... A miniature orange kite. A tiny dot-to-dot delight.
-- J. Patrick Lewis

#Fashion #Spring #Wings

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