--- title: "9 Poetry Dangerous Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Poetry Dangerous quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Poetry Dangerous sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/grace-aguilar-50790_dangerous_poetry-is-a-dangerous-gift-1831618_1831618.jpg" --- > [Poetry is a dangerous gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-aguilar/poetry-is-a-dangerous-gift/) [Grace Aguilar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-aguilar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/grace-aguilar-50790_dangerous_poetry-is-a-dangerous-gift-1831618_1831618.jpg) > [Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/poetry-is-a-dangerous-profession-between-conflict-and-resolution/) [May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/may-sarton-897_balance_poetry-is-a-dangerous-profession-between_2475406.jpg) > [People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/people-in-power-tend-to-find-poetry-dangerous-to-them-because-it-is/) [Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/elia-suleiman-20539_blunt_people-in-power-tend-to-find-poetry-dang_974910.jpg) > [This assumption that the blue collar crowd is not supposed to read it, or a farmer in his overalls is not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/this-assumption-that-the-blue-collar-crowd-is-not-supposed-to-read-it/) [Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/joseph-brodsky-1225_blue_this-assumption-that-the-blue-collar-cro_1621111.png) > [Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/poetry-can-be-dangerous-especially-beautiful-poetry-because-it-gives/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/anonymous-1_beautiful_poetry-can-be-dangerous-especially-beaut_2215019.jpg) > [What poetry does above all else is develop sensibility. And that's what makes poetry so dangerous. That's why poetry is so good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hamill/what-poetry-does-above-all-else-is-develop-sensibility-and-that-s/) [Sam Hamill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hamill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/sam-hamill-16399_building_what-poetry-does-above-all-else-is-devel_2722859.png) > [Poetry is like walking along a little, tiny, narrow ridge up on a precipice. You never know the next step, whether there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-jacobsen/poetry-is-like-walking-along-a-little-tiny-narrow-ridge-up-on-a/) [Josephine Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/josephine-jacobsen-71855_dangerous_poetry-is-like-walking-along-a-little-ti_37474.jpg) > [“It was language I loved, not meaning. I liked poetry better when I wasn't sure what it meant. Eliot has said that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-was-language-i-loved-not-meaning-i-liked-poetry-better-when-i-wasn/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/p-k-page-2-129348_beauty_it-was-language-i-loved-not-meaning-i-li_1216202.jpg) > [Is beauty a reminder of something we once knew, with poetry one of its vehicles? Does it give us a brief vision…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/is-beauty-a-reminder-of-something-we-once-knew-with-poetry-one-of-its/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/anonymous-1_advise_is-beauty-a-reminder-of-something-we-onc_587952.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-dangerous/#itemlist", "name": "Poetry Dangerous Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry is a dangerous gift.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grace Aguilar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-aguilar/poetry-is-a-dangerous-gift/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/grace-aguilar-50790_dangerous_poetry-is-a-dangerous-gift-1831618_1831618.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/grace-aguilar-50790_dangerous_poetry-is-a-dangerous-gift-1831618_1831618.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/grace-aguilar-50790_dangerous_poetry-is-a-dangerous-gift-1831618_1831618.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry is a dangerous gift.” — Grace Aguilar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the universal - and these balances are shifting all the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "May Sarton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/poetry-is-a-dangerous-profession-between-conflict-and-resolution/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/may-sarton-897_balance_poetry-is-a-dangerous-profession-between_2475406.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/may-sarton-897_balance_poetry-is-a-dangerous-profession-between_2475406.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/may-sarton-897_balance_poetry-is-a-dangerous-profession-between_2475406.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between…” — May Sarton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. 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