Famous quotes containing the words light and/or poem:
“When goose down is sent a thousand miles, the gift may be light but the sentiment is weighty.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has kinetic force, it sets in motion ... [ellipsis in source] elements in the reader that would otherwise be stagnant.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)