Author Quote by Alok Mishra

“Poetry is man’s best means of perceiving most profoundly the action and the consequence of his own emotions.”

— John Ciardi

“Literary' feelings are responses to poems, not just states of emotion which occur in their presence.”

— Terry Eagleton

“Poems are not often simply emotions but One has enough emotions -- they're experience Experience themselves are not important…”

— Angela Suba Natarajan

“Poetry has a unique ability to distill complex emotions into a few lines, creating a powerful impact that lingers in the hearts of readers.…

— LaTesha Monique

“When I write poetry, I’ll write it down, or a tiny bit of it, and then have to depend on the reader to bring…

— William Anderson

I think that to transfuse emotion - not to transmit thought but to set up in the reader's sense a vibration corresponding to what…

— A. E. Housman

Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.

— William Wordsworth

“Poetry is a painting of the imaginations of the human mind, but the reader needs to feel it and touch it.”

— Adewale Joel

“Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry…

— Ivan M. Granger

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.

— C. K. Williams

“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and served with…

— Alok Mishra