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
A poet can survive everything but a misprint. Use this quote
It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it. Use this quote
Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! Use this quote
My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Use this quote
I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet. Use this quote
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. Use this quote
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate. Use this quote
The moment of change is the only poem. Use this quote
It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. 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
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories. Use this quote
Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was a lot of bad concrete poetry and besides, it was confused with visual poetry which was completely different. Use this quote
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Use this quote
More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry. Use this quote
Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. Use this quote
On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. Use this quote
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts. Use this quote
My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Use this quote
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Use this quote
