Dancing is the poetry of the foot. Use this quote
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. Use this quote
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. Use this quote
People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. Use this quote
So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday. Use this quote
Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me. Use this quote
Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. Use this quote
Poetry is the deification of reality. Use this quote
Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living. Use this quote
I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. It started for me lyrically in Shakespeare's sonnets. Use this quote
From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be. Use this quote
Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies. Use this quote
I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality. Use this quote
That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been. Use this quote
I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. Use this quote
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out. Use this quote
While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of speech as so far from song. Use this quote
What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man. Use this quote
I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. Use this quote
The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover. Use this quote
