Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. Use this quote
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. Use this quote
In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world. Use this quote
You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart. Use this quote
For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. Use this quote
Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. Use this quote
Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. Use this quote
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. Use this quote
Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. Use this quote
On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton. Use this quote
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. Use this quote
Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry. Use this quote
There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago. Use this quote
Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. Use this quote
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. 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
Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos. Use this quote
To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. Use this quote
You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it. Use this quote
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted. Use this quote
