At the temple, there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read 'Loss', only feel it.
Shizuko Hoshi - Sayuri Narration

“- Constance Petersen: I think the greatest harm done the human race has been done by the poets.
- Anthony Edwardes: Oh, poets are dull boys, most of them, but not especially fiendish.
- Constance Petersen: They keep filling people's heads with delusions about love... writing about it as if it were a symphony orchestra or a flight of angels.”
Ingrid Bergman - Dr. Constance Petersen
Edward Fielding - Dr. Anthony Edwardes

“- Lt. George Ramsdale Witton: Did you write that, Harry?
- Lt. Harry Harbord 'Breaker' Morant: No, no. It was a minor poet, called Byron.
- Lt. Peter Handcock: Never heard of him.
- Lt. Harry Harbord 'Breaker' Morant: I did say he was a minor poet.”
Lewis Fitz-Gerald - Lt. George Ramsdale Witton
Edward Woodward - Lt. Harry Harbord 'Breaker' Morant
Bryan Brown - Lt. Peter Handcock

“In a poets pocket you often find the product of an active imagination.”
Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano De Bergerac

“All those poets, on all those worlds; the ones who spoke of battle being such an unsightly thing? They never stood here.”
Colm Feore - Lord Marshal