Famous Quotes About poetry

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

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.

Every single soul is a poem.

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.