the poet is a sensitive snail —
wandering along the path of life
leaving a glittering trail of words
—Terri Guillemets
the poet is a sensitive snail —
wandering along the path of life
leaving a glittering trail of words
—Terri Guillemets
An author can be just a writer, but a translator must always be a poet.
—Terri Guillemets
we feel poetry and art
in the sensitive veins
that run through soul and
carry not blood but spirit
—Terri Guillemets
Poetry is reverie on paper.
—Terri Guillemets
Writing poetry
is letting go —
once the words leave your pen
they’re out of your soul —
and the therapy has begun.
—Terri Guillemets
If the world were all logic, poetry would starve to death.
—Terri Guillemets
My poems are love-drunk letters to the universe.
—Terri Guillemets
poetry is combat—
soul verses world
—Terri Guillemets
her head was cracked —
not tragically, just poetically
it’s how the poems got in —
and out
—Terri Guillemets
the smell of ink is
intoxicating to me —
others may have wine
but I have poetry
—Terri Guillemets
Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a
—Terri Guillemets
Your prayer can be poetry, and poetry can be your prayer.
—Terri Guillemets
Just so you know, I lied about my weight on my poetic license.
—Terri Guillemets