Poetry, when it takes sides, when it proposes solutions, isn't any smarter than anybody else. — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
Poetry takes courage because you have to face things and you try to articulate how you feel. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Poetry takes place in time. It is a durational. Things take place in sequence. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
As for me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itself, and because this self-lust has a delightful… — Stephane Mallarme Copy Share Image
There is only beauty / and it has only one perfect expression / poetry. All the rest is a lie /except for… — Stephane Mallarme Copy Share Image
Poetry takes you into the recesses of the language, the neglected corners, cracks and crannies and to the big sky of wonder.… — C.D. Wright Copy Share Image