Tone Poems

Famous quotes containing the words tone and/or poems:

    When you listen to gongs and drums, listen to the music; when you listen to someone talk, listen to his tone of voice.
    Chinese proverb.

    Suppertime I float toward you
    from the stewpot
    holding poems you shrug off
    and you kiss me like a mosquito.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)