Great poetry, whether written in Greek or in English…

Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.

— Helen Keller

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

— Stephen Spender

'And I will give you a new heart, And I will put a new spirit in you I will take out your stubborn stony…

— Andrew Guzaldo

What I search for continuously in my art is adequate language, language I hope can stand beyond any particular occasion. What I'm finding is…

— Adrienne Rich

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The trouble with poetry is it's often written to the sound of a drum only the poet may hear; nonetheless, blessed are those poets…

— Criss Jami

“You are all the poetry I have written all the words I know I've heard”

— Tyler Kent White

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

— Ezra Pound

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian…

— Eugenio Montale

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to…

— Tom Glazer

Poetry has roots, but they are sometimes cut off and still poetry is written.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Good poetry could not have been otherwise written than it is. The first time you hear it, it sounds rather as if copied out…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the poetry. Who…

— Elie Wiesel

“She was sunshine on a rainy day, a rainbow against gray clouds, hope in a Catholic school uniform. She was why poetry was written…

— S.L. Scott

Of all the poetry written in our generation, Frost's is most likely to stand the test of time

— Anonymous