Poetry Quotes

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Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the

Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical but without rhythm and rhyme, both supple and staccato enough to adapt itself to the lyrical movements of our souls, the undulating movements of our reveries, and the convulsive movements of our consciences? This obsessive ideal springs above all from frequent contact with enormous cities, from the junction of their innumerable connections.

Charles Baudelaire

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Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.

Charles Baudelaire

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A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from h

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.

Kahlil Gibran, "The Poet of Baal

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Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but b

Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only by means of that something more does it communicate the emotion at all.

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Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If th

Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.

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Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of it

Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying.

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As a poet there is only one political duty, and that is to d

As a poet there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language against corruption. When it is corrupted, people lose faith in what they hear and this leads to violence.

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Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence.

Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence.

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The public want actresses, because they think all actresses

The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.

George Bernard Shaw

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Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble

Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.

Shel Silverstein

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Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back t

Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feelings, reviews the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the springtime of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human mature, by vivid delineations of its tenderest and softest feelings, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions, helps faith to lay hold on the future life.

William Ellery Channing

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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants us

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.

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But I am not political in the current events sense, and I ha

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

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I think that great poetry is the most interesting and comple

I think that great poetry is the most interesting and complex use of the poet's language at that point in history, and so it's even more exciting when you read a poet like Yeats, almost 100 years old now, and you think that perhaps no one can really top that.

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Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poe

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

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You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to hel

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.

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I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking.

I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking. I'm a thinker. I'm always writing poetry, I'm always coming to conclusions.

Chrisette Michele

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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making po

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poet

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.

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