--- title: "7 Poetry Exist Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Poetry Exist quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Poetry Exist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/donald-barthelme-2980_america_of-course-we-had-hoped-that-he-would-tak_113493.jpg" --- > [“Of course we had hoped that he would take up his sword as part of the President's war on poetry. The time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-barthelme/of-course-we-had-hoped-that-he-would-take-up-his-sword-as-part-of-the/) [Donald Barthelme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-barthelme/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/donald-barthelme-2980_america_of-course-we-had-hoped-that-he-would-tak_113493.jpg) > [“What I really want is to be recognized as a writer; that someday, my poetry — this is an interesting paradox —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harley-king/what-i-really-want-is-to-be-recognized-as-a-writer-that-someday-my/) [Harley King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harley-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/harley-king-15967_english-class_what-i-really-want-is-to-be-recognized-a_273750.jpg) > [In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-claudel/in-a-word-poetry-can-not-exist-without-emotion-or-if-you-will-without/) [Paul Claudel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-claudel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/paul-claudel-22534_can-not_in-a-word-poetry-can-not-exist-without-e_302088.png) > [We tend to be so bombarded with information, and we move so quickly, that there's a tendency to treat everything on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/we-tend-to-be-so-bombarded-with-information-and-we-move-so-quickly/) [Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/rita-dove-4855_america_we-tend-to-be-so-bombarded-with-informat_2532921.jpg) > [Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rub-n-dar-o/poetry-will-exist-as-long-as-there-is-a-problem-of-life-and-death/) [Ruben Dario](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rub-n-dar-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/rub-n-dar-o-16365_death_poetry-will-exist-as-long-as-there-is-a_2534223.jpg) > [In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/in-order-for-poetry-to-exist-there-has-to-be-not-poetry-to-contrast/) [Elaine Equi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-equi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/elaine-equi-20309_contrast_in-order-for-poetry-to-exist-there-has-t_3016563.jpg) > [“Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death. The gift of art is a superior gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben/poetry-will-exist-as-long-as-there-is-a-problem-of-life-and-death-the/) Ruben [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/ruben-98370_art_poetry-will-exist-as-long-as-there-is-a_3073655.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-exist/#itemlist", "name": "Poetry Exist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Of course we had hoped that he would take up his sword as part of the President's war on poetry. The time is ripe for that. The root causes of poetry have been studied and studied. 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