Poetry is all nouns and verbs. Use this quote
I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry. Use this quote
Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry. Use this quote
The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy. Use this quote
I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Use this quote
Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it. Use this quote
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. Use this quote
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. Use this quote
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. Use this quote
As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper. Use this quote
I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. Use this quote
Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. Use this quote
We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other. Use this quote
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. Use this quote
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence. Use this quote
There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory. Use this quote
My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end. Use this quote
Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation. 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
