Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
Poetry isn't an efficient tool for preserving experience, any more than it's an efficient mode of communication, but who says that it… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
It's always good to show that poetry isn't the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it's something bigger. — John Fuller Copy Share Image
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“Good poetry isn't born, When everything makes sense. Good poetry is born, When nothing makes sense.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Poetry isn't important in today's culture, but the fact that it's useless and people still continue to write it makes it important,… — Aaron Mc Collough Copy Share Image
You get early inoculation against the idea of success if you're a poet. When I published my first collection of sonnets, I… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
“Every emotion, every feeling I have can be expressed with a word. But poetry isn’t just words muddled in a sentence. It… — Madeleine McEwen Copy Share Image
Poetry isn't like any writing I've ever heard before. I don't understand all of it, just bits of images, sentences that appear… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
He's not perfect. Neither are you. The two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at… — Brittney Copy Share Image
Reciting poetry isn't acting, it's memory work. Actor's are deceivers. People who pretend to be something else for a living aren't right… — Hetty King Copy Share Image
On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Poetry isn't written from the idea down. It's written from the phrase, line and stanza up, which is different from what your… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Poetry isn't as relevant in the Western world as it is in Afghanistan. And not many people make time for something that… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
