--- title: "16 Poetry Really Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Poetry Really quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Poetry Really sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/caroline-kennedy-10228_feelings_poetry-is-really-a-way-of-sharing-feelin_1255409.jpg" --- > [Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-kennedy/poetry-is-really-a-way-of-sharing-feelings-and-ideas/) [Caroline Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/caroline-kennedy-10228_feelings_poetry-is-really-a-way-of-sharing-feelin_1255409.jpg) > [I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eminem/i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-read-poetry-ever-i-m-not-really-book-smart/) [Eminem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eminem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/eminem-415_books_i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-read-poetry-ever_553810.jpg) > [Etel's poetry really changed everything. Her poems are a way to connect with my consciousness and emotions, there's a romance to them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-lamy/etel-s-poetry-really-changed-everything-her-poems-are-a-way-to/) [Michele Lamy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-lamy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/michele-lamy-6846_consciousness_etel-s-poetry-really-changed-everything_1747587.jpg) > [I'd like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It's been my private discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-d-like-to-go-back-to-poetry-again-i-really-really-revere-good/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/alice-sebold-999_again_i-d-like-to-go-back-to-poetry-again-i-re_1939267.jpg) > [I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-ve-always-written-there-s-a-journal-which-i-kept-from-about-9-years/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/maya-angelou-104_destroyed_i-ve-always-written-there-s-a-journal-wh_1145147.png) > [Lyrical poetry is not a big part of most people's lives. Twitter now becomes an interesting way of getting cared for language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teju-cole/lyrical-poetry-is-not-a-big-part-of-most-people-s-lives-twitter-now/) [Teju Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teju-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/teju-cole-2851_because_lyrical-poetry-is-not-a-big-part-of-most_3164963.png) > [I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-joseph/i-m-educating-myself-more-about-world-poetry-i-know-a-lot-about/) [Allison Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/allison-joseph-25662_american-poetry_i-m-educating-myself-more-about-world-po_15647.png) > [It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-f-whitney/it-is-my-belief-that-many-who-think-they-dislike-poetry-are-really/) [Orson F. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-f-whitney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/orson-f-whitney-22306_achieved_it-is-my-belief-that-many-who-think-they_947055.png) > [Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It's so physical; the musicality becomes a sort of expression of the body. The mind is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/poetry-is-a-really-helpful-instrument-it-s-so-physical-the-musicality/) [Alison Hawthorne Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-hawthorne-deming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_aspect_poetry-is-a-really-helpful-instrument-it_954630.png) > [“I think there's a kind of desperate hope built into poetry now that one really wants, hopelessly, to save the world. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-think-there-s-a-kind-of-desperate-hope-built-into-poetry-now-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/anonymous-1_desperate_i-think-there-s-a-kind-of-desperate-hope_2397925.jpg) > [My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/my-goals-as-an-artist-have-nothing-to-do-with-speaking-to-an-audience/) [Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/dawn-lundy-martin-32648_art_my-goals-as-an-artist-have-nothing-to-do_1471183.jpg) > [If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/if-you-go-into-a-bar-in-most-places-in-america-and-even-say-the-word/) [Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/jim-jarmusch-3256_america_if-you-go-into-a-bar-in-most-places-in-a_588685.png) > [I don't think poetry needs to be "easily understandable." First of all, there are often complexities of syntax, form, unfamiliar absences, etc.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/i-don-t-think-poetry-needs-to-be-easily-understandable-first-of-all/) [Matthew Zapruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-zapruder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/matthew-zapruder-12762_absence_i-don-t-think-poetry-needs-to-be-easily_2512435.jpg) > [I'm a jazz guy and a Bruce Springsteen guy. So I wanted something more current, and edgier, and angrier. So I asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-m-a-jazz-guy-and-a-bruce-springsteen-guy-so-i-wanted-something-more/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/don-winslow-3586_book_i-m-a-jazz-guy-and-a-bruce-springsteen-g_2093771.png) > [Particularly when I thought of myself as a Wallace Stevens acolyte, I wrote very difficult poetry and I was really guilty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-collins/particularly-when-i-thought-of-myself-as-a-wallace-stevens-acolyte-i/) [Billy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/billy-collins-3004_clever_particularly-when-i-thought-of-myself-as_602493.jpg) > [I always thought books were just the canon, things I couldn't identify with. And then I was introduced to really amazing multicultural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-de-la-pena/i-always-thought-books-were-just-the-canon-things-i-couldn-t-identify/) [Matt de la Pena](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-de-la-pena/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/matt-de-la-pena-15023_african-american_i-always-thought-books-were-just-the-can_1402641.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-really/#itemlist", "name": "Poetry Really Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Caroline Kennedy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-kennedy/poetry-is-really-a-way-of-sharing-feelings-and-ideas/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/caroline-kennedy-10228_feelings_poetry-is-really-a-way-of-sharing-feelin_1255409.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/caroline-kennedy-10228_feelings_poetry-is-really-a-way-of-sharing-feelin_1255409.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/caroline-kennedy-10228_feelings_poetry-is-really-a-way-of-sharing-feelin_1255409.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.” — Caroline Kennedy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. 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