{"quotes":[{"text":"A chronic poet should always be an inveterate nature-lover.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["always","chronic","inveterate","literature","literature","lover","natural","nature","nature-lover","poet","poetry","poets","should","ten-words","writers","writers-on-writing"],"id":848,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to be a poet until I could establish a proud name over others. The alternatives battled in my mind and made my life restless.","author":"Bashō Matsuo","tags":["alternatives","poet","poetry","tired","verses"],"id":1150,"author_id":"Bash%C5%8D+Matsuo"},{"text":"For poets the wages of sin are poverty.","author":"William Logan","tags":["poet","wages-of-sin"],"id":1587,"author_id":"William+Logan"},{"text":"You made a poet fall in love with the world.","author":"Avijeet Das","tags":["falling-in-love","love","meaning-of-life","poet","poetry","world","writers-on-writing","writing"],"id":4318,"author_id":"Avijeet+Das"},{"text":"Make dance the mission every moment seeks to accomplish.","author":"Shah Asad Rizvi","tags":["artist","artists","artists","bachata","baila","bailando","ballerina","ballet","ballet-dancer","ballroom","ballroom-dance","ballroom-dancing","belly-dance","belly-dancer","belly-dancing","bhangra","boogie-woogie","choreographer","choreography","contemporary-dance","dance","dance-academy","dance-class","dance-costume","dance-festival","dance-floor","dance-life","dance-photography","dance","dance","dance-shoes","dance-show","dance-studio","dance-wear","dancehall-dance","dancer","dancing","danza","disco-dance","disco-dancing","electronic-dance","figure-skater","figure-skating","flamenco","folk-dance","freestyle","gymnastics","ice-skating","inspirational","jazz-dance","kathak","kizomba","latin-dance","life","mambo","modern-dance","motion","motivational","movement","movements","philosopher","philosophy","poet","poetry","quote","of-the-day","quotes","raqs-sharqi","reggae-dance","reggaeton","rumi","salsa","salsa-dance","samba","shah-asad-rizvi","street-dance","sway","swing-dance","tango","tap-dance","word-porn","words-of-wisdom","writer","writing","zouk","zumba-dance"],"id":4400,"author_id":"Shah+Asad+Rizvi"},{"text":"When you told me I didn't love youI simply thought how would you knowFor I remembered the spaces between your fingersAnd the crease between your eyesHow dare you tell meI never thought of you as mine.","author":"Sara Jones","tags":["depression","love","poet","poetry","teens"],"id":5028,"author_id":"Sara+Jones"},{"text":"I feel the only thing you can do about life is to preserve it, by art if you're an artist, by children if you're not.","author":"Philip Larkin","tags":["art","children","letters-to-monica","philip-larkin","poem","poet","poetry","youth"],"id":5784,"author_id":"Philip+Larkin"},{"text":"Inscriptions here of various Names I view'd,The greater part by hostile time subdu'd;Yet wide was spread their fame in ages past,And Poets once had promis'd they should last.","author":"Alexander Pope","tags":["fame","hubris","inscription","irony","poet","time"],"id":6220,"author_id":"Alexander+Pope"},{"text":"A Coy Aversion...A fluttertoo shyto be seen...","author":"Muse","tags":["coy","humble","illusion","life","modesty","personality-traits","poem","poet","poetry","prose","real-person","reality","self","self-awareness","shy","shyness","truth"],"id":8391,"author_id":"Muse"},{"text":"You have that faraway look in your eyes that makes me want to pull you into my dreams, bring you to your knees worshiping me - desperately. You, the nectar and the muse of my poetry.","author":"Melody Lee","tags":["dreams","love","muse","passion","poet","poetry","relationships"],"id":8621,"author_id":"Melody+Lee"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":623,"pages":63,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}