Quotes about poetry
poetry
I want the poetry back in my life.
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
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.
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
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
poetry literature may
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Gustave Flaubert
poetry checks priests
A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests. John Dryden
poetry heroic human-nature
Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.
poetry mystery poet
How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery. John Lennon
poetry burning olive-branches
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Leonard Cohen
poetry
Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. Mark Strand
poetry feels anything-is-possible
I feel that anything is possible in a poem.
poetry mind fine
Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace. Ovid
poetry letters jest
I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in venom--not a letter of mine is dipped in poisonous jest.
poetry roles literature
In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony. Joseph Brodsky
poetry-is translations
Poetry is what is gained in translation.
poetry hammers hollow
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. John Ashbery
poetry phrases meter
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.... Nikki Giovanni
poetry touching charm
Gently touching with the charm of poetry. Lucretius
poetry blithe subjects
I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject. Michel de Montaigne
poetry tasks criticize
I feel that the task of criticizing my poetry is best left to others (i.e. critics) and would much rather have it take place after I am dead. If at all. Margaret Atwood
poetry language poetry-is
poetry is where the language is renewed.
poetry excellence madness
Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness. Marcus Tullius Cicero