Poetry Quote by Alan DeNiro

“The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Circus can't just be beautiful. It has to be weird. It has to be frightening.”

— Elizabeth Schulte Martin

“Poetry is dancing with words.”

— Ana Monnar

“Poetry is always naked, you only dress it with words.”

— Himmilicious

“Poetry is again hip in America as people are beginning to refuse to die of boredom and to choke in the fog of their…

— Andrei Codrescu

“Poetry is so unique and it doesn't compromise.”

— Euginia Herlihy

“This is the kind of room poets are supposed to work in, the kind of room that threatens to break your spirit and forces…

— Paul Auster

“Ah! poetry makes life what light and music do the stage—strip the one of the false embellishments, and the other of its illusions, and…

— Charles Dickens

“All the world's a circus. Sometimes you choose your act and sometimes it's assigned to you.”

— Mia Sheridan

“They think the way to be a poet is to wear funny clothes and write sideways on the page.”

— Richard Yates

“It's the strangest thing about poetry: you can tell it's poetry, even if you don't speak the language.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Poetry unlocks that unseen world and that unheard language to the real world.”

— Euginia Herlihy