Poetry by poets Quotes

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power.

— Paul Engle

But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

— Robin Williams

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion,

— T. S. Eliot

Law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay…

— Tom Schulman

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

— Robin Williams