--- title: "11 Poetry Things Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Poetry Things quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Poetry Things sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/karishma-magavani-252045_poetry_i-m-made-of-poetry-and-other-things-that_2222937.jpg" --- > [“I'm made of poetry and other things that people don't really care about at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karishma-magavani/i-m-made-of-poetry-and-other-things-that-people-don-t-really-care/) [Karishma Magavani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karishma-magavani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/karishma-magavani-252045_poetry_i-m-made-of-poetry-and-other-things-that_2222937.jpg) > [I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-malkmus/i-didn-t-really-like-confessional-poetry-or-things-they-seemed-sort/) [Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-malkmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/stephen-malkmus-2984_corny_i-didn-t-really-like-confessional-poetry_2554019.png) > [“Poetry is, among other things, a criticism of language.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/poetry-is-among-other-things-a-criticism-of-language/) [Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/adrienne-rich-803_criticism_poetry-is-among-other-things-a-criticism_1843694.png) > [The things we fear about poetry are the things that are good about poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-adam-york/the-things-we-fear-about-poetry-are-the-things-that-are-good-about/) [Jake Adam York](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-adam-york/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/jake-adam-york-245191_fear_the-things-we-fear-about-poetry-are-the_2858806.png) > [The mysterious thing about writing poetry is that when you're - when things are going poorly, when you're not thinking well, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/the-mysterious-thing-about-writing-poetry-is-that-when-you-re-when/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/edward-hirsch-1614_connections_the-mysterious-thing-about-writing-poetr_581926.png) > [My artistic manifesto exists in the world as poetry. So even though most of the things that I've done have been on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamila-woods/my-artistic-manifesto-exists-in-the-world-as-poetry-so-even-though/) [Jamila Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamila-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/jamila-woods-11916_art_my-artistic-manifesto-exists-in-the-worl_2134157.jpg) > [Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/poetry-was-one-of-the-things-that-interested-me-most-as-i-was-growing/) [Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/claire-tomalin-8837_greatest_poetry-was-one-of-the-things-that-intere_457288.jpg) > [It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-newsted/it-all-has-to-do-with-art-writing-painting-things-i-ve-done-for-a/) [Jason Newsted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-newsted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/jason-newsted-28123_art_it-all-has-to-do-with-art-writing-painti_38052.png) > [Prose gets divided up into fiction and nonfiction and short fiction and long fiction and autobiographical nonfiction and so on. Poetry can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hass/prose-gets-divided-up-into-fiction-and-nonfiction-and-short-fiction/) [Robert Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/robert-hass-3548_can-do_prose-gets-divided-up-into-fiction-and-n_2797981.png) > [“Ah!' said Michel, tempted, 'you have modern poems?' 'Of course. For instance, Martillac's 'Electric Harmonies,' which won a prize last year from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/ah-said-michel-tempted-you-have-modern-poems-of-course-for-instance/) [Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/jules-verne-795_books_ah-said-michel-tempted-you-have-modern-p_2592472.jpg) > [“Poetry is a will to put things right, an imaginary solution, a way of avoiding a catastrophe that already happened. Poetry is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aase-berg/poetry-is-a-will-to-put-things-right-an-imaginary-solution-a-way-of/) [Aase Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aase-berg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/aase-berg-96249_poetry_poetry-is-a-will-to-put-things-right-an_1675010.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-things/#itemlist", "name": "Poetry Things Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm made of poetry and other things that people don't really care about at all.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karishma Magavani" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karishma-magavani/i-m-made-of-poetry-and-other-things-that-people-don-t-really-care/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/karishma-magavani-252045_poetry_i-m-made-of-poetry-and-other-things-that_2222937.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/karishma-magavani-252045_poetry_i-m-made-of-poetry-and-other-things-that_2222937.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/karishma-magavani-252045_poetry_i-m-made-of-poetry-and-other-things-that_2222937.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm made of poetry and other things that people don't really care about at all.” — Karishma Magavani", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. 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