--- title: "9 True Poem Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 True Poem quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best True Poem sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_art_the-true-poem-is-the-poet-s-mind-800246_800246.png" --- > [The true poem is the poet's mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-true-poem-is-the-poet-s-mind/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_art_the-true-poem-is-the-poet-s-mind-800246_800246.png) > [The true poem rests between the words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanna-bonta/the-true-poem-rests-between-the-words/) [Vanna Bonta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanna-bonta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36f/vanna-bonta-2261_poem_the-true-poem-rests-between-the-words-23_2396316.jpg) > [He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/he-who-would-not-be-frustrate-of-his-hope-to-write-well-hereafter-in/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/john-milton-191_frustration_he-who-would-not-be-frustrate-of-his-hop_81321.png) > [Dark is a way and light is a place, Heaven that never was Nor will be ever is always true "Poem on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-thomas/dark-is-a-way-and-light-is-a-place-heaven-that-never-was-nor-will-be/) [Dylan Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/dylan-thomas-1889_dark_dark-is-a-way-and-light-is-a-place-heave_158852.jpg) > [For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/for-me-a-true-poem-is-on-the-way-when-i-begin-to-be-haunted-when-it/) [May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/may-sarton-897_angel_for-me-a-true-poem-is-on-the-way-when-i_530567.jpg) > [A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-hoberman/a-poem-really-does-recreate-the-language-and-that-s-what-it-has-to-do/) [Mary Ann Hoberman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-hoberman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/mary-ann-hoberman-38344_doe_a-poem-really-does-recreate-the-language_1792172.jpg) > [The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poet's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-true-poem-is-not-that-which-the-public-read-there-is-always-a/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/henry-david-thoreau-20_art_the-true-poem-is-not-that-which-the-publ_1743097.jpg) > [“The true poem is the poet's mind; the true ship is the ship-builder. In the man, could we lay him open, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-true-poem-is-the-poet-s-mind-the-true-ship-is-the-ship-builder-in/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_poem_the-true-poem-is-the-poet-s-mind-the-tru_952413.png) > [A true poem is distinguished not so much by a felicitous expression, or any thought it suggests, as by the atmosphere which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-true-poem-is-distinguished-not-so-much-by-a-felicitous-expression/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/henry-david-thoreau-20_atmosphere_a-true-poem-is-distinguished-not-so-much_2114682.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-poem/#itemlist", "name": "True Poem Quotes", 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