In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world. Use this quote
On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton. Use this quote
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. 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
Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too. Use this quote
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. Use this quote
I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. Use this quote
I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. Use this quote
Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. Use this quote
Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job. Use this quote
Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. Use this quote
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. Use this quote
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. Use this quote
Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born. Use this quote
I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry. 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
Superstition is the poetry of life. Use this quote
Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training. Use this quote
There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives. Use this quote
The moment of change is the only poem. Use this quote