The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality. - Muriel Rukeyser
I hear the singing of the lives of women. The clear mystery, the offering, and the pride. - Muriel Rukeyser
breathe in experience breathe out poetry - Muriel Rukeyser
What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open. - Muriel Rukeyser
No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down--impossible for them to stop reading it, word after word. You have to keep them from closing the book. - Muriel Rukeyser
The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
The universe is made up of stories, not atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
As we live our truths, we will communicate across all barriers, speaking for the sources of peace. Peace that is not lack of war, but fierce and positive. - Muriel Rukeyser