World without poetry is like a lover without a rose

I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about…

— Allison Joseph

“It only takes one line, from one poem to change your world...What has poetry done for you lately?”

— David S. Cross

In 1945, just at the end of World War II, the American poet Muriel Rukeyser wrote a remarkable book called The Life of Poetry.…

— Adrienne Rich

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world.

— Archibald MacLeish

In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture. Poetry is a popular genre in Afghanistan.…

— Eliza Griswold

Welcome to the figurative world of poetry where nothing is 'real,' but everything matters.

— Laurence Overmire

In a lethal world, poetry is necessary for survival.

— Mary Caroline Richards

I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think…

— Ray Manzarek

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

— Muriel Rukeyser

“There's nothing worse in the world than a poetry recital.”

— Bukowski

There's poetry in the world. Poetry doesn't belong just to the poets. You know, you can look at the most premeditated, cold blooded movie…

— Francesco Clemente

The world is full of poetry as the earth is of pay-dirt; one only needs to know how to strike it.

— Charles Dudley Warner

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

— Allen Ginsberg

Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their…

— Aberjhani

In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.

— Eliza Griswold