Communication Quote by Anna Kamienska

I need more and more silence, it feels. Poems don't leap into my mind when I'm distracted, turned outward, with other people, listening to…

— Jane Hirshfield

I've always felt that poetry is the enemy of silence, but of course, in the right moments, silence can be useful. The trick is…

— Cornelius Eady

Poems are difficult to silence.

— Stephen Greenblatt

Poetry is so close to music, not just in cadence and sound but in silences. That's why, to me, I can't talk about prose…

— Pattiann Rogers

Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the…

— Marianne Wiggins

Poetry is the least imposition on silence in a world of chatter.

— Marvin Bell

Poetry is an orphan of silence.

— Charles Simic

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness.

— Russell Simmons

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

— Charles Simic

“Silence can bring with it a vacancy that in its turn craves the distraction of the human voice or the obscuring impact created...by music.…

— Juliet Nicolson

Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head.

— Christopher Logue