“This was what the poets couldn't put in their poetry, she thought dumbly, the rush of desire so fierce and pure it… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
At eight, I made a commitment to poetry. Until then, I thought I'd be a policeman. But I went a whole night… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
It helped my lyric writing so much studying poetry. I thought I knew what poetry was before I immersed myself in it.… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
You can't make poetry out of thought; poetry is passion. Linear thought must be seduced by wild mind, by the fires of… — Jennifer Stone Copy Share Image
Poetry, I thought then, and still do, is a matter of space on the page interrupted by a few well-chosen words, to… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“Poetry ~~ No definition of poetry is adequate unless it be poetry itself. The most accurate analysis by the rarest wisdom is… — Henry Daid Thoreau Journal 26 Jan 1840 Copy Share Image
Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
