What will they say about my poetry who never touched my…

What will they say about my poetry who never touched my blood? Que diran de mi poesia los que no tocaron mi sangre?

— Pablo Neruda

“We touched the blood of the black cat. We pet the mammoth dog of tears. In the flickering light we were laughing: "necessity conquers…

— Laura Veirs

Perhaps you don't desire poetry as much as you would like to have my torchy knowledge of your possible futures, but I dare say…

— Orson Scott Card

“Some say; “Poetry is what gets lost in translation!” In this sense, my life is a bitter poem. But that is the force of…

— Fereidoon Yazdi

The Divine Comedy is a political poem and when you say poetry is not about - he's always quoted out of context, that "poetry…

— W. S. Merwin

Joy is a part of my process. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that poetry, as a practice, necessitates a sense…

— Tracy K. Smith

I often say poetry was my first love.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves…

— Van Morrison

I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.

— Hortense Calisher

“It is safe to say that poetry cannot be translated.”

— Leon Ma. Guerrero

I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot helped me. So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or…

— Jeanette Winterson

“I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It…

— William Carlos Williams

Most great books have been about striving in some sense. In a sense, money is the great topic of the novel. You couldn't necessarily…

— Chad Harbach

What shall I say about poetry? What shall I say about those clouds, or about the sky? Look; look at them; look at it!…

— Federico Garcia Lorca

Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.

— Georges Seurat