Poets Life Quotes

“An artist paints to forget while a poet writes to remember.”
― Laura Chouette

“The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare feet stomping on broken glass - bleeds, recoils, then steps again.”
― Traci Lea LaRussa

“She had the courage of a diamond,
that shines in the dark.

In lights, even a glass is shinier.”
― One Vulnerable Dot, One Vulnerable Dot

“The ocean, music, and literature are beloved in my life.”
― Manjushree Mohanty

“you will miss me
when you look
outside the window
and you will
remember
how I held you
while we both
looked at the the sky
and laughed together...”
― Avijeet Das

“Gradually I fell back into the old habit of being surrounded by books, papers, journals, and diaries.”
― Avijeet Das

“It's like some part of me is always with you" she said.

I looked into her eyes and smiled.”
― Avijeet Das

“Plants adapt to lean on each other.”
― Avijeet Das

“You won't find me socializing, because I love my solitude. You won't find me in parties, because I love my loneliness.”
― Avijeet Das

“She asked me "What's your status?"
I smiled and said "Wanderer!"
Then she couldn't stop smiling.”
― Avijeet Das

“I don't socialize. I don't network. I hate parties. I love my solitude. I love my loneliness. I am living life fulfilling my responsibilities. I love wandering. I love silences.”
― Avijeet Das

“I am a poet. I love this planet earth. This is a beautiful place. It is our home. I feel happy under the blue sky. I feel calm above the green grass. A part of me is the soil. A part of me is the water. A part of me is the breeze. I am from nowhere. Yet, I belong everywhere. I am a poet. I love this planet earth.”
― Avijeet Das

“We became poets
before we had learnt to walk
Our roots dug deep
with the slight touch of love
Our leaves sprouted after pain.”
― Avijeet Das

“The Strugglers"

He was born on a Friday. And it was raining that day. He still does not know whether the Gods were happy or sad at his arriving on earth.

He saw the world. He saw sadness. He saw misery. He saw the struggle of his dad and mom. They both struggled to give a good life to their children.

He started becoming serious in life. He started winning awards in academics and in quiz competitions to begin with. Then he tried essay competitions and debates. His sole aim was to win awards to make his parents feel proud of him.

He wanted to become an IAS officer to make his family (uncles, aunts, cousins) feel proud of him. He came to Delhi to prepare for the Civil Services. He thought he will do a job and not be dependent on his parents, and still clear the Civil Services. It did not happen. He lost out on becoming a Civil Servant of the people.

He tried a few odds jobs. He eventually became a Teacher, Poet, and Writer.

His inspirations to writing - his Mom who manages to writer Poetry even now along with her struggles of life, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, Franz Kafka, Roald Dahl, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Ernest Hemingway, and all the other poets, artists, writers, and strugglers in Life.”
― Avijeet Das

“And I realised why I have become a poet. It’s because I can feel the pain and love of people. I can feel the innermost feelings of people. The tenderness of hurt souls. And I want to heal the world by my words.”
― Avijeet Das

“My silences come walking on tiptoes and sit with me for a conversation.”
― Avijeet Das

“And I looked at her and she smiled. I smiled back and told her that she must keep on writing her poetry. And one day her poetry book will get published. The poet must keep on writing.”
― Avijeet Das

“I am a bit like Mr. Yogi.
My nights are spent in reading and writing poetry and stories. I sleep well like Mr. Yogi too.
And my books are available but they don't sell much.”
― Avijeet Das

“I stay far far away from AI.
I like the simple things of life.”
― Avijeet Das

“It’s been a thousand years since I became a poet. I have been in your heart all along this journey.”
― Avijeet Das

“Someone told me "I want to go to your hometown.
Someday I will go there and I will smile till the time I will stay there and be happy because its your home town. I am going to see you in every wall, every street, every glass, in every person, in every wave of the sea and smile.”
― Avijeet Das

“They say that love has never been immortal. That it is only the songs, books, and movies which instill this thought in our mind. But tell me then why does my heart yearn to just have a glimpse of you every moment of my life? Why do I see you in every sunrise? Why do I see you in every sunset? Why do I think of you when I walk down the lane of my apartment? Why do I imagine you sitting beside me while riding my bike? Why do I inhale your fragrance around me in my days and in my nights? Why do I keep missing you? Why do I feel restless untill I have spoken to you? Why do I keep thinking about you every night lying there in my bed? Why do I feel incomplete without you in my life? Why do all my memories smell of you?”
― Avijeet Das

“Because I am the King of Poetry!”
― Avijeet Das

“Don't fall in love with me. I am not one entity. I am a multitude of phantasmagorical entities. I am the poet. I am the writer. I am the wanderer. I am the philosopher. I am the king. I am the beggar. I am the drifter. I am the hunter. I am the creator. I am the creation. I worship my gods - Bukowski, Kafka, Hemingway, Rand & Plath. I listen to my gods - Beethoven, Mozart, & Tchaikovsky. Don't fall in love with me. I am not one entity. I am a multitude of phastamagorical entities.”
― Avijeet Das

“I am not one entity. I am a multitude of phantasmagorical entities.”
― Avijeet Das

“Poets are never happy with the things that are happening in our world.”
― Avijeet Das

“A writer's life is different from the life of a normal man's life. A writer cannot settle down at one place. He has to keep traveling and drifting from one place to another. Because his travels give meaning and substance to his stories and poetry, he must keep on traveling. The people he meets and the places he visits, give unique perspectives to him to think, reflect and write about.

A writer does not belong to one village, one city, one town, or one country. A writer belongs to the world.”
― Avijeet Das

“I feel for the champion who lost, Ding Liren, as much as I feel for the champion who won , Dommaraju Gukesh.

Why do I feel all this.”
― Avijeet Das

“My thoughts are liked by my fellow earthlings. Glad to know that after all the struggle that I have done and still doing, I have become someone worth quoting.”
― Avijeet Das

“Where the poem ends, the poet begins.”
― Vironika Wilde