“I hung my verse in the wind
Time and tide their faults will find.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The Test", as quoted in Emerson As A Poet (1883) by Joel Benton, p. 40

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American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882

Madeleine L'Engle book A Wrinkle in Time

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“When I sit near the ocean in the morning and write my verses and breathe the salty wind which is coming from the water, I rejoice in God and I am blissful, as I was as a child.”

Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

Wenn ich morgens am Meere sitze und Verse dichte und atme dabei den salzigen Wind, der vom Wasser herüberspringt, dann gehe ich auf in Gott und bin glücklich, wie ich es nur noch in der Kinderzeit war.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)

“I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

“I find free verse very, very difficult to write.”

John Hollander (1929–2013) American poet

“I open the debate… The 2nd verse of New Slaves is the best rap verse of all time…. meaning … OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC, PERIOD”

Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter

Twitter, July 20, 2013

“All I am is in my verse.”

Vernon Scannell (1922–2007) British boxer and poet

Scannell's quote to his wife Jo, relayed to James Andrew Taylor - Walking Wounded: The Life and poetry of Vernon Scannell O U P 2013 ISBN 9780199603183