The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming…

“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”

— Alok Mishra

They say pu$$y and paper is poetry power and pistols.

— Tupac Shakur

Poetry is the power of defining the indefinable in terms of the unforgettable.

— Louis Untermeyer

“I want Poetry and Power and the young men who create it.”

— James Goldman

Reading the very best writers—let us say Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy—is not going to make us better citizens. Art is perfectly useless, according to…

— Harold Bloom

“The Poet" The riches of the poet are equal to his poetry His power is his left hand It is idle weak and precious…

— Delmore Schwartz

At times of crisis or distress, it's poems that people turn to. (Poetry) still has a power to speak to people's feelings, maybe in…

— Blake Morrison

What poetry is asking us to accept can be difficult. Our proximity to our mortality, the fragility of our existence, how close we live…

— Matthew Zapruder

I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out…

— Lucy Larcom

The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning and method, a…

— May Swenson

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

— Walter Savage Landor

“Poet has no power over the muse, It's the muse who powers the poet. Best of poetry is an act of selfless care, As…

— Abhijit Naskar

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

— Emily Dickinson

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

Photography's potential as a great image-maker and communicator is really no different from the same potential in the best poetry where familiar, everyday words,…

— Paul Caponigro