For National Poetry Month #FridayPhilosophy

“We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.” – William Butler Yeats

“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” – Emily Dickinson

“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” – Alice Walker

“The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.” – Jean Cocteau

“Poetry is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.” – Adrienne Rich

“In the house of poetry nothing endures that is not written with blood to be heard with blood.” – Pablo Neruda

Spend some time writing today – poetry or not! Blessings to you all.