In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. Use this quote
I've written some poetry I don't understand myself. Use this quote
Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. Use this quote
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition. Use this quote
Poetry is a totally different art than film. Use this quote
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind. Use this quote
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. Use this quote
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. Use this quote
If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. Use this quote
In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn. Use this quote
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. Use this quote
Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. Use this quote
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. Use this quote
It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose. Use this quote
I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do. Use this quote
On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. Use this quote
What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it. Use this quote
Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty. Use this quote
A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups. Use this quote
I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene. Use this quote