I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up. Use this quote
Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. Use this quote
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. Use this quote
Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess. Use this quote
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. Use this quote
Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. Use this quote
Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. Use this quote
If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. Use this quote
Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. Use this quote
Money is a kind of poetry. Use this quote
Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry. Use this quote
We simply have not kept in touch with poetry. 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
Poetry comes alive to me through recitation. Use this quote
I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books. Use this quote
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. 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
The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end. Use this quote
This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul. Use this quote
I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. Use this quote
