National Poetry Month Quotes

Dare to love yourselfas if you were a rainbowwith gold at both ends.

~ Aberjhani

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.

~ Aberjhani

Quote words that affirmall men and women are yourbrothers and sisters.

~ Aberjhani

Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

~ Aberjhani

Rainer Maria Rilke greeted and wrestled with the angels of his Duino Elegies in the solitude of a castle surrounded by white cliffs tall trees and the sea. I greeted most of mine in the solitude of a house that still vibrated with the throbs of a singular life that had helped shape many lives and with the ache of attempts to render useful service to that life. The River of Winged Dreams was therefore constructed as a link between dimensions of past and future emotions and intellect and matter and spirit.

~ Aberjhani

The greater puzzle of universal wisdom and beauty that we have strived to honor through our work includes the profound legacies of world artistic and spiritual traditions, the innate integrity of human communities where people seek to live in social harmony, and that regenerative stream of life sustained upon the earth itself as it spins through the cosmos to the music of the spheres.

~ Luther E. Vann

Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.

~ Aberjhani

Hearts rebuilt from hope resurrect dreams killed by hate.

~ Aberjhani

won't you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylonboth nonwhite and womanwhat did i see to be except myself?i made it uphere on this bridge betweenstarshine and clay,my one hand holding tightmy other hand; come celebratewith me that everydaysomething has tried to kill meand has failed.

~ Lucille Clifton

In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain.

~ Aberjhani

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.

~ Aberjhani

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.

~ Aberjhani

When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future.

~ Aberjhani

The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years.

~ Aberjhani

The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry.

~ Aberjhani

A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.

~ Aberjhani

In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss.

~ Aberjhani

You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.

~ Aberjhani

On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage.

~ Aberjhani

The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics, and other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties.

~ Aberjhani

To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.

~ Aberjhani

Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons in compassion.

~ Aberjhani

Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need for self-realization, subdued passions for overwhelming beauty, and a hunger for meaning beyond the flavors that enter and exit the physical body.

~ Aberjhani

Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength and perspective from the words of others, but to give birth to their own poetic voices and to hold history accountable for the catastrophes rearranging their lives.

~ Aberjhani

We ache with the yearningthat turns half into wholeand offer no excusesfor the beauty of our souls.

~ Aberjhani

Hopefully, you will glimpse something of your own life’s journey and with Elemental’s Power of Illuminated Love, possibly recognize and celebrate something you had not been able to recognize or celebrate before.

~ Luther E. Vann

Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that contextualize our lives.

~ Aberjhani

I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant.

~ Aberjhani

When the lyrical muse sings the creative pen dances.

~ Aberjhani

The dancing vortex of a sacred metaphor clashes horns and halos to make wounded music set to the tempo of a new era in brilliant labor.

~ Aberjhani

Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.

~ Aberjhani

I place my fingers upon these keys typing 2,000 dreams per minute and naked of spirit dance forth my cosmic vortex upon this crucifix called language.

~ Aberjhani

Journey through the Power of the Rainbow represents a condensed compendium of literary efforts from a life dedicated to transforming the themes of injustice, grief, and despair that we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment.

~ Aberjhani

The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.

~ Aberjhani

Now come the whispersbearing bouquets of moonbeamsand sunlight tremblings.

~ Aberjhani

Stars ink your fingerswith a lexicon of flameblazing rare knowledge.

~ Aberjhani

No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.

~ John Myhill

The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.

~ Aberjhani