Color Quote by Anne Hebert

“Poetry is when emotion blooms like flowers with the petals of words and spreads the fragrance of perception.”

— Debasish Mridha

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

— Robert Frost

“A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

— Thomas Hardy

For poems are not, as people think, simply emotions (one has emotions early enough)-they are experiences.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It…

— William Carlos Williams

Poetry examines an emotional truth. It's an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific truths.…

— Diane Glancy

Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It's so physical; the musicality becomes a sort of expression of the body. The mind is there too,…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

— Umberto Eco

“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

Poems have ideas. The ideas of poems come out of their emotions and their emotions are carried on images.

— Anonymous