Life Quote by Anonymous

Poetry cannot be explained, it must be lived.

— Anne Hebert

Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

— Karl Shapiro

Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.

— Charles Bukowski

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.

— Edward Young

It's not easy to define poetry.

— Bob Dylan

The body of poetry is nothing but energy, waves, rhythm.

— Kim Hyesoon

If you can explain a poem, it is not a poem. Poetry has to be inexplicable.

— Luis Gonzalez

Poetry is an investigation, not an expression, of what you know.

— Mark Doty

It is very difficult to explain poetry. You have to understand the poetry and figure out your own take and your relatability.

— Shoojit Sircar

when a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it…

— Sybil Marshall

Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.

— John Drinkwater

Poetry is very similar to music, only less notes and more words.

— Eddie Izzard