“But is this not what poetry must do? To say the nothing that cannot be said?” — John Crowley Copy Share Image
There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
one reason why I like writing poetry - you can say so many things in it that are true in poetry but… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
Sometimes only poetry can say it. I think there's just this deeper language, and away of putting your world back together again… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
If you want a definition of poetry, say: Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
“She ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry; and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“They say: I love you. But in poetry, I say: In your soul, I see a moonrise in the dark nights of… — Jayita Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
“As human beings we’ve certainly suffered the loss of awe, the loss of sacredness, and the loss of the fact that we’re… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“Happy the man...with a natural gift for practising the right one [art] from the start-- poetry, say, or fishing; whose nights are… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“They say: I love you. But in poetry, I say: In hour soul, I see a moon in the dark nights of… — Jayita Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
“he shewed himself so intimately acquainted with all the tenderest songs of the one poet, and all the impassioned descriptions of hopeless… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I started seeing poetry from a strictly consumerist perspective as poets serving up beverages. Most, maybe like 97 percent or something, serve… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image