Friday, June 12, 2026

Poetry Friday: Get a word in Edgewise with Linda Mitchell


 I didn't get a poetry post done this week, so how about a few words on writing? 


“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” ― William Wordsworth


“Tears are words that need to be written.” ― Paulo Coelho


“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” 

― Toni Morrison


“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” 

― Madeleine L'Engle


“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” ― Picasso


“Write what should not be forgotten.” ― Isabel Allende


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Visit Linda Mitchell at Another Word Edgewise for the Poetry Friday round-up this week. 


Photo courtesy of Tama66 at Pixabay.

3 comments:

Mona Voelkel said...

Hi Karen, Thank you so much for the quotes! I love them all, and the write your tears quotes especially moved me. I also really loved your intro to the post where you said," I'm inspired by Fred Rogers and his mention of "a small safe place." What a lovely prompt that will make."

Karen Edmisten said...

Monica, I love that Coelho quote too. Linda shared such marvelous quotes this week — and who isn't inspired by Mr. Rogers, right? :) ❤️

elli said...

(*hesitantly raises hand* me. I am not inspired by Mr. R. He freaked the living daylights out of me when I was a little girl, and still gives me heeby jeebies today. … 😰)

Always love reading through good writing *on* writing tho, all the thoughts, yay! 🙂