I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. Use this quote
I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. Use this quote
None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. Use this quote
High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. Use this quote
I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country. Use this quote
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry. Use this quote
My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Use this quote
One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. Use this quote
I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again. Use this quote
The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths. Use this quote
Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing. Use this quote
I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes. Use this quote
The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female. Use this quote
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. Use this quote
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears. Use this quote
Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world. Use this quote
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. Use this quote
There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. Use this quote
France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic. Use this quote
