--- title: "6 Called Poetry Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Called Poetry quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Called Poetry sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/edward-whittemore-29242_books_once-again-whittemore-escapes-what-might_489177.png" --- > [“Once again, Whittemore escapes what might be a fatal mistake in another author. Far from the funhouse hall of mirrors one might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-whittemore/once-again-whittemore-escapes-what-might-be-a-fatal-mistake-in/) [Edward Whittemore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-whittemore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/edward-whittemore-29242_books_once-again-whittemore-escapes-what-might_489177.png) > [“OMG! I DESIGNED THIS NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM! IT'S CALLED "POETRY" - YOU HAVE TO READ AMY KING'S POEMS TO GET AN…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-king/omg-i-designed-this-new-social-media-platform-it-s-called-poetry-you/) [Amy King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/amy-king-25962_american-poetry_omg-i-designed-this-new-social-media-pla_1239431.jpg) > [Ted Hughes is dead. That's a fact, OK. Then there's something called the poetry of Ted Hughes. The poetry of Ted Hughes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-walcott/ted-hughes-is-dead-that-s-a-fact-ok-then-there-s-something-called-the/) [Derek Walcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-walcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/derek-walcott-2220_dead_ted-hughes-is-dead-that-s-a-fact-ok-then_1834007.jpg) > [I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-was-surprised-recently-to-find-a-book-called-poetry-in-persons-that/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/edward-hirsch-1614_book_i-was-surprised-recently-to-find-a-book_2211726.png) > [When you think intensely and beautifully, something happens. That something is called poetry. If you think that way and speak at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bringhurst/when-you-think-intensely-and-beautifully-something-happens-that/) [Robert Bringhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bringhurst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/robert-bringhurst-16008_cases_when-you-think-intensely-and-beautifully_2476542.png) > [What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-moore/what-i-write-could-only-be-called-poetry-because-there-is-no-other/) [Marianne Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/marianne-moore-3315_categories_what-i-write-could-only-be-called-poetry_2834578.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/called-poetry/#itemlist", "name": "Called Poetry Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Once again, Whittemore escapes what might be a fatal mistake in another author. Far from the funhouse hall of mirrors one might expect from such endless fracturing, the compulsive replication of this same idea only intensifies the book, turning it into a single mirror and magnifying the image. What is the true nature of man? How close can one ever come to it? Is there something worthy and strong enough inside that will outlast our more barbaric impulses? The repetition of these themes by so many voices exerts a hypnotic sense in the end, like listening to an endless choral chant. 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