Quotes about poetry
poetry published volume wrote
In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems. Tony Buzan
poetry merit praise
Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests. Jose Marti
poetry despair born
The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair. Jose Bergamin
poetry lines serious
From not the gravest of Divines, Accept for once some serious Lines. Jonathan Swift
poetry obscurity praise
A bard whom there were none to praise, And very few to read. Hartley Coleridge
poetry has-beens
My life has been the poem I would have writ, But I could not both live and utter it. Henry David Thoreau
poetry mastery logic
It ["The Ancient Mariner"] is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland. James Russell Lowell
poetry drug mere
Poetry's a mere drug, Sir. George Farquhar
poetry poet
Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..
poetry
I want the poetry back in my life.
poetry whereas
Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it. Roger McGough
poetry though version
When you write, it's just a much more crystalline, compressed version of the voice you think with - though not the one you speak with. I think your writing voice is your laser-guided missile. It's the poetry part of you. Douglas Coupland
poetry hammers hollow
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. John Ashbery
poetry form
the truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same. Muriel Rukeyser
poetry would-be world
If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.
poetry poetic breathe
Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry.
poetry letters jest
I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in venom--not a letter of mine is dipped in poisonous jest. Ovid
poetry poetic great-poetry
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you. Joseph Joubert
poetry phrases meter
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.... Nikki Giovanni
poetry roles literature
In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony. Joseph Brodsky
poetry-is translations
Poetry is what is gained in translation.
poetry poetry-is breaths
Poetry is the breath of beauty. Leigh Hunt
poetry tasks criticize
I feel that the task of criticizing my poetry is best left to others (i.e. critics) and would much rather have it take place after I am dead. If at all. Margaret Atwood
poetry language poetry-is
poetry is where the language is renewed.
poetry poet
There were poets before Homer. Marcus Tullius Cicero
poetry verbs looks
Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude. Mary Oliver
poetry way empty
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
poetry police progress
The progress of any writer is marked by those moments when he manages to outwit his own inner police system. Ted Hughes
poetry fossils language
Language is fossil Poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson
poetry shepherds lambs
The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . .
poetry firsts finest
The finest poetry was first experience.
poetry argument
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem.
poetry mind poet
The true poem is the poet's mind.