I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. Use this quote
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. Use this quote
In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry. Use this quote
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. Use this quote
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind. Use this quote
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. Use this quote
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. Use this quote
Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry. Use this quote
I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans. Use this quote
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Use this quote
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back. Use this quote
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather. Use this quote
I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories. Use this quote
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. Use this quote
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry. Use this quote
Eloquence is the poetry of prose. Use this quote
To have great poets, there must be great audiences. Use this quote
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. Use this quote
However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. Use this quote
Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words. Use this quote
