I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me. Use this quote
It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry. Use this quote
With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem. Use this quote
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. Use this quote
Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations. Use this quote
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. Use this quote
Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. Use this quote
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Use this quote
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. Use this quote
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Use this quote
As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry. Use this quote
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. Use this quote
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. Use this quote
Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. Use this quote
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. 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
I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. Use this quote
She was the Judy Garland of American poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. Use this quote
My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Use this quote
