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title: "38 Poetry Way Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 38 Poetry Way quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Poetry Way sayings and thoughts."
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> [Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-gunn/deep-feeling-doesn-t-make-for-good-poetry-a-way-with-language-would/)

[Thom Gunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-gunn/)

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> [Poetry is a way to express yourself, you can give one word a thousand meanings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendyl-smith/poetry-is-a-way-to-express-yourself-you-can-give-one-word-a-thousand/)

[Kendyl Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendyl-smith/)

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> [Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/poetry-is-a-way-of-looking-at-the-world-for-the-first-time/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-shapiro/poetry-is-not-a-way-of-saying-things-it-s-a-way-of-seeing-things/)

[Karl Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-shapiro/)

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> [poetry ... is another way to be hurled straight into the heart of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-holmes/poetry-is-another-way-to-be-hurled-straight-into-the-heart-of-god/)

[Marjorie Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-holmes/)

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> [Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omari-hardwick/poetry-has-in-a-way-been-my-bridge-to-my-acting-career/)

[Omari Hardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omari-hardwick/)

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> [Poetry is the way into a spiritual vision of society and the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/poetry-is-the-way-into-a-spiritual-vision-of-society-and-the-universe/)

[Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/)

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> [People ought to like poetry the way a child likes snow & they would if poets wrote it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stevens/people-ought-to-like-poetry-the-way-a-child-likes-snow-they-would-if/)

[Wallace Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stevens/)

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> [For me, poetry is a way of thinking, and like many poets, I'm driven by the idea of trying to find the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/for-me-poetry-is-a-way-of-thinking-and-like-many-poets-i-m-driven-by/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

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> [Bringing science into poetry is one way of acknowledging some of the richest stuff that is in my cultural moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/bringing-science-into-poetry-is-one-way-of-acknowledging-some-of-the/)

[Alison Hawthorne Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-hawthorne-deming/)

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> [But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/but-i-am-not-political-in-the-current-events-sense-and-i-have-never/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

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> [Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/poetry-is-a-way-for-me-to-explore-a-tingly-feeling-to-let-it-play/)

[Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/)

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> [Poetry is a way of always paying attention to the world for me; a way of letting the world stick to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-young/poetry-is-a-way-of-always-paying-attention-to-the-world-for-me-a-way/)

[Mike Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-young/)

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> [I think no matter how snarky you try to be, poetry will always find a way to make a spiritual goal out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-young/i-think-no-matter-how-snarky-you-try-to-be-poetry-will-always-find-a/)

[Mike Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-young/)

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> [One must write poetry in such as way that if one threw the poem in a window, the pane would break.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniil-kharms/one-must-write-poetry-in-such-as-way-that-if-one-threw-the-poem-in-a/)

[Daniil Kharms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniil-kharms/)

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> [“Poetry is the way that we transcend language through language. And thus our freedom lies in the poetry of all things”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/poetry-is-the-way-that-we-transcend-language-through-language-and/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

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> [We do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/we-do-inherently-know-that-poetry-is-about-the-way-we-speak-it-s/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-levine/meet-some-people-who-care-about-poetry-the-way-you-do-you-ll-have/)

[Philip Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-levine/)

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> [“Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/poetry-is-the-way-we-help-give-name-to-the-nameless-so-it-can-be/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [My father, Eric Trethewey, is a poet, so I had one right inside the house. And on long trips, he'd tell me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethewey/my-father-eric-trethewey-is-a-poet-so-i-had-one-right-inside-the/)

[Natasha Trethewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethewey/)

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> [For women ... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/for-women-poetry-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-a-vital-necessity-of-our/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [Poetry is a way of being alone without feeling alone. It allows you to experience another mind, I suppose. And it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-laird/poetry-is-a-way-of-being-alone-without-feeling-alone-it-allows-you-to/)

[Nick Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-laird/)

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> [... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-a-vital-necessity-of-our-existence-it/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/poetry-is-a-way-of-taking-life-by-the-throat/)

[Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/)

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> [Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/poetry-is-the-way-we-help-give-name-to-the-nameless-so-it-can-be-2/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [Poetry has a way of teaching one what one needs to know ... if one is honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/poetry-has-a-way-of-teaching-one-what-one-needs-to-know-if-one-is/)

[May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/)

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> [My poetry has become the way of my giving out what music is within me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/countee-cullen/my-poetry-has-become-the-way-of-my-giving-out-what-music-is-within-me/)

[Countee Cullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/countee-cullen/)

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> [People should like poetry the way a child likes snow, and they would if poets wrote it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stevens/people-should-like-poetry-the-way-a-child-likes-snow-and-they-would/)

[Wallace Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stevens/)

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> [“Poetry is the way I fuck you when you're gone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-cayless/poetry-is-the-way-i-fuck-you-when-you-re-gone/)

[Nicola Cayless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-cayless/)

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> [poetry is first of all a way of life and only secondarily a way of writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/poetry-is-first-of-all-a-way-of-life-and-only-secondarily-a-way-of/)

[May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/)

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> [Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-rosenberg/nobody-ever-told-me-what-to-read-or-ever-put-poetry-in-my-way/)

[Isaac Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-rosenberg/)

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> [ \[My poetry is\] a way of coming to grips with reality . . . a way of discovery and definition. It is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hayden/my-poetry-is-a-way-of-coming-to-grips-with-reality-a-way-of-discovery/)

[Robert Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hayden/)

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> [The thing about the poetry is that, because of the way it started, it was always something on the side. There's nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-key/the-thing-about-the-poetry-is-that-because-of-the-way-it-started-it/)

[Tim Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-key/)

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> [If our goal is to write poetry, the only way we are likely to be any good is to try to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-hall/if-our-goal-is-to-write-poetry-the-only-way-we-are-likely-to-be-any/)

[Donald Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-hall/)

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> [But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker's background or interests or hobbies or fixations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/but-poetry-is-a-way-of-language-it-is-not-its-subject-or-its-maker-s/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

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> [“Poetry is a way of expressing your thoughts, feelings, and your emotions, it's how you go through life in your own special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/poetry-is-a-way-of-expressing-your-thoughts-feelings-and-your/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions, and traumatic events that come with being alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-orr/i-believe-in-poetry-as-a-way-of-surviving-the-emotional-chaos/)

[Gregory Orr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-orr/)

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> [“Poetry, in its own way, is a carrier of the sparks, because it too comes out of silence, seeking connection with unseen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/poetry-in-its-own-way-is-a-carrier-of-the-sparks-because-it-too-comes/)

[Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/)

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