Bits Quote by Alex Lemon

Poetry is a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right.

— Wallace Stevens

Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the universal -…

— May Sarton

Poetry is difficult, I mean interesting poetry, not confessional babble or emotive propaganda. Reading a new poet is discovering an entire world, what Stevens…

— Simon Critchley

The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world.

— Derek Walcott

“Why should it be any surprise that people find solace in the most intimate literary genre? Poetry slows us down, cherishes small details. A…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

— Lana Del Rey

People should be stopped from writing poetry. There's far too much of it. And if they're any good, they'll go ahead anyways.

— Clive James

Poetry is a break for freedom.

— David Whyte

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's…

— Jane Campion

Poetry is a sort of homecoming.

— Paul Celan

The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.

— Mark Knopfler

Poetry is not about personal pain or tragedy. It should resonate the society's grief.

— Gulzar