Gathering Quote by Allison Mackie

Poetry absolves spirituality from the dividedness of religions and provides us with a sanctuary that excludes no one.

— Vanna Bonta

“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

Poetry is a big space and I love it.

— Selima Hill

We are surrounded by poetry on all sides...

— Vincent Van Gogh

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are…

— Czeslaw Milosz

For now, poetry has the capacity - in its own ways and by its own means - to remind us of something we are…

— Adrienne Rich

Poetry is a comforting piece of fiction set to more or less lascivious music.

— H. L. Mencken

Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.

— Joseph Joubert

Writes have an island, a center of refuge, within themselves. It is the mind's anchorage, the soul's Great Good Place.

— Wright Morris

It isn't so unusual for poems to situate themselves out of doors - though they may, at the same time, be set in an…

— Robert Bringhurst

“A month alone behind closed doors forgotten books, remembered, clear again. Poems come, like water to the pool Welling, up and out, from perfect…

— Yuan Mei

There is a kind of poetry, bad and good, in evrything, everywhere we look.

— Ali Smith