I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a…

I don't think poetry will die, but I think that poetry does demand a certain kind of attention to language.

— Edward Hirsch

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

— Robert Morgan

I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only.

— Hilary Mantel

Poetry comes with anger, hunger and dismay; it does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together, and would appal…

— Christopher Morley

“The word poetry comes from the Greek word poiesis which just means “a making”. So if you’ve made it, it’s poetry. Even if it’s…

— Benedict Smith

How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery.

— John Lennon

“Poetry comes out of you like a pot of oatmeal boiling over.”

— Dennis Vickers

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

— Walter Savage Landor

She is unable to dream, think or love. In a woman, poetry never comes naturally, but always as the result of education. Only the…

— Edmond de Goncourt

Poetry, my dear friends, is a sacred incarnation of a smile. Poetry is a sigh that dries the tears. Poetry is a spirit who…

— Khalil Gibran

The poetry that comes from the squaring off between and the circling is worth it, finding beauty in the dissonance.

— Tool

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

— Ovid

Poetry comes out of an elite experience, the experience of people whose ears are opened to the song of the universe.

— Joseph Campbell

That impulse I think is a form of love. Poetry is something that comes to you, rather than your having to work out its…

— Judith Wright

There is a majesty and mystery in nature, take her as you will. The essence of poetry comes breathing to a mind that feels…

— Thomas Carlyle