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
I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry. Chang-Rae Lee
poetry joy three
For Mallarmé naming an object meant suppressing three-quarters of its poetic pleasure (which consists in the joy of guessing bit by bit - "le suggérer, voilà le rêve!"). Umberto Eco
poetry spirit breaths
poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge William Wordsworth
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 metaphor algebra
Poetry has become the higher algebra of metaphors. Jose Ortega y Gasset
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 sentences prose
However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it. James Schuyler
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 teenagers wrote
And I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry. Stephen Colbert
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 possibility outrage
Outrage and possibility are in all the poems we know ... Muriel Rukeyser
poetry form
the truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same.
poetry spirit source
The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.
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 mind fine
Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace. Ovid
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.
poetry poetic great-poetry
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you. Joseph Joubert
poetry invisible visible
For me, the poetry in a work is that which makes visible the invisible. Nathalie Sarraute
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