1900 – 1960 CE
Breaking conventions with free verse, imagism, and the avant-garde.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper
— W.B. Yeats
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow shar..."
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"
Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches
— Federico Garcia Lorca
"Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches"
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon
"At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon"
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
"How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of …
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"
The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails
"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, j..."
"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can br..."
It is only the voice that remains.
— Forough Farrokhzad
"It is only the voice that remains."
The best way out is always through.
— Robert Frost
"The best way out is always through."
I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees…
— Pablo Neruda
"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."
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