Now, the process of writing poetry is very messy. Not systematic, never quite the same — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I've stood in long lines, in the rain and under the sun, just to buy a pack of butter or a box… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
The poem began with the title. Then I was annoyed by one of the occasional poetry-is-dead articles. Then I refute that notion. — Thomas Lux Copy Share Image
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
We do have to learn poetry at school. Poetry is interesting to me, particularly Chinese poetry. It's like an ancient form of… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up… — Edna Longley Copy Share Image
When I think of someone equating poems and machines, it makes me feel like that person would like poems to have a… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy. — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
Poetry being an attempt to express, not the common sense, - as the avoirdupois of the hero, or his structure in feet… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
And a lot of poetry is putting yourself back into the state of wonder that you have before things when you're a… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Boston: Their hotels are bad. Their pumpkin pies are delicious. Their poetry is not so good. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
