--- title: "20 Poetry Isn Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 20 Poetry Isn quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Poetry Isn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/roberto-bola-o-725_poetry_only-poetry-isn-t-shit-874561_874561.jpg" --- > [“Only poetry isn't shit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/only-poetry-isn-t-shit/) [Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/roberto-bola-o-725_poetry_only-poetry-isn-t-shit-874561_874561.jpg) > [Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-isn-t-just-different-from-prose-it-s-more-important-for-the/) [Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/joseph-brodsky-1225_human_poetry-isn-t-just-different-from-prose-i_2078053.png) > [Poetry isn't an activity, it's a way life is lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanna-bonta/poetry-isn-t-an-activity-it-s-a-way-life-is-lived/) [Vanna Bonta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanna-bonta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vanna-bonta-2261_activity_poetry-isn-t-an-activity-it-s-a-way-life_432681.jpg) > [“There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/there-are-good-reasons-to-learn-how-to-read-poetry-isn-t-one-of-them/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/gary-d-schmidt-7681_poetry_there-are-good-reasons-to-learn-how-to-r_2928277.jpg) > [Poetry isn't an efficient tool for preserving experience, any more than it's an efficient mode of communication, but who says that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/poetry-isn-t-an-efficient-tool-for-preserving-experience-any-more/) [James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/james-arthur-3067_communication_poetry-isn-t-an-efficient-tool-for-prese_881927.png) > [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/poetry-isn-t-an-island-it-is-the-bridge-poetry-isn-t-a-ship-it-is-the/) [Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/kamand-kojouri-1973_art_poetry-isn-t-an-island-it-is-the-bridge_1496867.jpg) > [It's always good to show that poetry isn't the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it's something bigger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fuller/it-s-always-good-to-show-that-poetry-isn-t-the-little-depressed-lyric/) [John Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/john-fuller-51429_always_it-s-always-good-to-show-that-poetry-isn_853443.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/poetry-isn-t-a-profession-it-s-a-way-of-life-it-s-an-empty-basket-you/) [Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/mary-oliver-570_career_poetry-isn-t-a-profession-it-s-a-way-of_2569702.jpg) > [I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/i-like-poetry-when-i-don-t-quite-understand-why-i-like-it-poetry-isn/) [Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/mark-haddon-1056_giving_i-like-poetry-when-i-don-t-quite-underst_2843665.png) > [“Good poetry isn't born, When everything makes sense. Good poetry is born, When nothing makes sense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/good-poetry-isn-t-born-when-everything-makes-sense-good-poetry-is/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/abhijit-naskar-99_good_good-poetry-isn-t-born-when-everything-m_364030.jpg) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-mc-collough/poetry-isn-t-important-in-today-s-culture-but-the-fact-that-it-s/) [Aaron Mc Collough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-mc-collough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/aaron-mc-collough-215848_paradoxical_poetry-isn-t-important-in-today-s-cultur_2492736.jpg) > [You get early inoculation against the idea of success if you're a poet. When I published my first collection of sonnets, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-harrison/you-get-early-inoculation-against-the-idea-of-success-if-you-re-a/) [Tony Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/tony-harrison-11449_fame_you-get-early-inoculation-against-the-id_3220721.jpg) > [“Every emotion, every feeling I have can be expressed with a word. But poetry isn’t just words muddled in a sentence. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-mcewen/every-emotion-every-feeling-i-have-can-be-expressed-with-a-word-but/) [Madeleine McEwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-mcewen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/madeleine-mcewen-258787_beauty_every-emotion-every-feeling-i-have-can-b_3150268.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/poetry-isn-t-like-any-writing-i-ve-ever-heard-before-i-don-t/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/lauren-oliver-109_fluttering_poetry-isn-t-like-any-writing-i-ve-ever_1432185.png) > [You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/you-know-there-are-good-reasons-to-learn-how-to-read-poetry-isn-t-one/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/gary-d-schmidt-7681_bigs_you-know-there-are-good-reasons-to-learn_1826954.jpg) > [He's not perfect. Neither are you. The two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittney/he-s-not-perfect-neither-are-you-the-two-of-you-will-never-be-perfect/) [Brittney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brittney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/brittney-49443_failure_he-s-not-perfect-neither-are-you-the-two_2928871.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hetty-king/reciting-poetry-isn-t-acting-it-s-memory-work-actor-s-are-deceivers/) [Hetty King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hetty-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/hetty-king-52916_acting_reciting-poetry-isn-t-acting-it-s-memory_504821.jpg) > [On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/on-a-practical-level-poetry-isn-t-something-anybody-has-really-made-a/) [Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/viggo-mortensen-1554_anybody_on-a-practical-level-poetry-isn-t-someth_2354429.jpg) > [Poetry isn't written from the idea down. It's written from the phrase, line and stanza up, which is different from what your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/poetry-isn-t-written-from-the-idea-down-it-s-written-from-the-phrase/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/margaret-atwood-40_different_poetry-isn-t-written-from-the-idea-down_141609.jpg) > [Poetry isn't as relevant in the Western world as it is in Afghanistan. And not many people make time for something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-griswold/poetry-isn-t-as-relevant-in-the-western-world-as-it-is-in-afghanistan/) [Eliza Griswold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-griswold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/eliza-griswold-20864_afghanistan_poetry-isn-t-as-relevant-in-the-western_965743.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-isn/#itemlist", "name": "Poetry Isn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Only poetry isn't shit.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roberto Bolano" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/only-poetry-isn-t-shit/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/roberto-bola-o-725_poetry_only-poetry-isn-t-shit-874561_874561.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/roberto-bola-o-725_poetry_only-poetry-isn-t-shit-874561_874561.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/roberto-bola-o-725_poetry_only-poetry-isn-t-shit-874561_874561.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only poetry isn't shit.” — Roberto Bolano", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Brodsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-isn-t-just-different-from-prose-it-s-more-important-for-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/joseph-brodsky-1225_human_poetry-isn-t-just-different-from-prose-i_2078053.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/joseph-brodsky-1225_human_poetry-isn-t-just-different-from-prose-i_2078053.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/joseph-brodsky-1225_human_poetry-isn-t-just-different-from-prose-i_2078053.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.” — Joseph Brodsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry isn't an activity, it's a way life is lived.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vanna Bonta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanna-bonta/poetry-isn-t-an-activity-it-s-a-way-life-is-lived/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vanna-bonta-2261_activity_poetry-isn-t-an-activity-it-s-a-way-life_432681.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vanna-bonta-2261_activity_poetry-isn-t-an-activity-it-s-a-way-life_432681.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vanna-bonta-2261_activity_poetry-isn-t-an-activity-it-s-a-way-life_432681.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry isn't an activity, it's a way life is lived.” — Vanna Bonta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are good reasons to learn how to read. 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