Poetry Quotes

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I try to show what it is about language and music that enthr

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which

There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

Eugenio Montale

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We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the antho

We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry.

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That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

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There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

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A lot happens by accident in poetry.

A lot happens by accident in poetry.

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Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind bot

Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both.

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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

Emily Dickinson

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At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows

At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd

Walt Whitman, Emerson, 1892

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Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

William C. Bryant

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For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain t

For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music.

Eugenio Montale

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Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at t

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.

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Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of

Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.

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For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

James Broughton

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When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I th

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.

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Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems qui

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

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I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted wit

I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.

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Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanke

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.

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