J. Patrick Lewis Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“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