Poetry, which is written while no one is looking, is meant…

“Grayson looked at me again. This time his gaze traveled form my hair down, and he let me see that he was looking. What…

— Jennifer Echols

No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, for to write in such a manner shows conclusively that the writer…

— Ezra Pound

“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

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

— Stephen Spender

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

— Anonymous

“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

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

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

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

“Great poetry, whether written in Greek or in English, needs no other interpreter than a responsive heart.”

— Helen Keller

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