1900 – 1960 CE
Breaking conventions with free verse, imagism, and the avant-garde.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold
— W.B. Yeats
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow shar..."
Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches
— Federico Garcia Lorca
"Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches"
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..."
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon
"At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon"
To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves
"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can br..."
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
"How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
— Rabindranath Tagore
"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."
In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.
— Pablo Neruda
"In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said."
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
— Langston Hughes
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers."
