1900 – 1960 CE
Breaking conventions with free verse, imagism, and the avant-garde.
Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches
— Federico Garcia Lorca
"Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches"
The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails
"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, j..."
"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can br..."
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of …
— W.B. Yeats
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow shar..."
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
"How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon
"At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon"
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
Remember the flight, the bird is mortal.
— Forough Farrokhzad
"Remember the flight, the bird is mortal."
"February. Get ink, shed tears."
Poetry is an act of peace.
— Pablo Neruda
"Poetry is an act of peace."
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