With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. Use this quote
Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory. Use this quote
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. Use this quote
The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology. Use this quote
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song. Use this quote
The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry. Use this quote
I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about. Use this quote
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. Use this quote
Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. Use this quote
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write. Use this quote
Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations. Use this quote
I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry. Use this quote
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather. Use this quote
I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. Use this quote
Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do. Use this quote
I'm not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and write poetry, but there is a pleasure in doing that sort of thing well. Use this quote
When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you. Use this quote
Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas. Use this quote
Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that. Use this quote
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. Use this quote
