Quotes about poe
poetry matter comic
A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.] Horace
poetry imperfection faults
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
poetry-is
... poetry is fired by love ... Erica Jong
poet modern modern-day
See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare Eminem
poetry fool rhyming
Then one can't make a living out of poetry? Certainly not. What fool expects to? Out of rhyming, yes. Jack London
poet
A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are. Jack Prelutsky
poet lays
I'd better be a poet Or lay down dead. Jack Kerouac
poetry attention lines
I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don't pay attention 'cause it probably has floated into somebody else's head. Gwendolyn Brooks
poetry-is
The poetry is myself.
poet town
In a town of writers, he really is our poet laureate, Emmylou Harris
poetry
I often read poetry to 'warm up' before I write. Amity Gaige
poetry
I want the poetry back in my life.
poetic psychologist obvious
But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist. Lytton Strachey
poet
It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.
poetry atmosphere may
My 'must-have' was poetry. From the first, life meant that to me. And, fortunately, poetry is not purchasable material, but an atmosphere in which every life may expand. I found it everywhere about me ... Lucy Larcom
poetry generations poetry-is
Poetry is often generations in advance of the thought of its time. Louise Bogan
poetic creation something-new
Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be? Paolo Bacigalupi
poetry firsts acorns
All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially. Percy Bysshe Shelley
poetry verbs looks
Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude. Mary Oliver
poetry way empty
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.
poet young written
But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet. Philip Levine
poetry strings parades
Poetry is a string of words that parades without a permit. Linda Hogan
poetry good-man through-the-looking-glass
I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet. Lewis Carroll
poet chairs
Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs. Karl Shapiro
poetry literature should
Poetry should describe itself, and always be simultaneously poetry and the poetry of poetry. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
poetry letters becoming
In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming.
poetry raw-materials trends
There is so much poetry, and yet nothing is more rare than a poetic work. This is what the masses make out of poetical sketches, studies, aphorisms, trends, ruins, and raw material.
poetry very-good deliberate
In every good poem everything must be both deliberate and instinctive. That is how the poem becomes ideal.
poetry unleashing poetry-is
Poetry is good for unleashing images. Paula Rego
poetry language form
A poem is a form of refrigeration that stops language going bad. Peter Porter
poetry apotheosis poetry-is
Poetry is the apotheosis of sentiment. Madame de Stael
poet
I learn life from the poets.
poetry literature may
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Gustave Flaubert