To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry. Use this quote
What is poetry which does not save nations or people? Use this quote
I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. Use this quote
For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry. Use this quote
I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up. Use this quote
The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. Use this quote
True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. Use this quote
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough. Use this quote
If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger. 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
There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry. Use this quote
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves. Use this quote
I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. Use this quote
To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. Use this quote
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. Use this quote
Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going. Use this quote
She was the Judy Garland of American poetry. Use this quote
I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not. Use this quote
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career. Use this quote
When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you. Use this quote