Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. 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
Superstition is the poetry of life. Use this quote
The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover. Use this quote
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. Use this quote
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. Use this quote
It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry. Use this quote
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. Use this quote
If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. Use this quote
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. Use this quote
A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry. Use this quote
The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives. Use this quote
I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me. Use this quote
Poetry is what gets lost in translation. 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
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy. Use this quote
I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible. Use this quote
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. Use this quote
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. Use this quote
I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across. Use this quote
