A trouble with poetry is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the sense you get in a poem that the poet takes… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
I think it's one of the things that drive lyric poetry, our sense of mortality. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“The most sublime labour of poetry is to give sense and passion to insensate things; and it is characteristic of children to… — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
Another trouble with poetry - and I'm gonna stop the list at two - is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Art and poetry cannot do without one another. Yet the two words are far from being synonymous. By Art I mean the… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
“He laughed, but his face was unreadable as he looked at her titles. “Ah, a collection from Sir Walter Scott. Very nice,… — Jess Michaels Copy Share Image
“The fact that a good poem will never wholly submit to explanation is not its deficiency but its very life. One lives… — John Ciardi Copy Share Image
