Clear Quote by C. K. Williams

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

— William Wordsworth

Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.

— William Wordsworth

Poetry is the outcome of emotions recollected in tranquility.

— William Wordsworth

I have said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity: the emotion is…

— William Wordsworth

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

— Debasish Mridha

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion,

— T. S. Eliot

“Poetry magically excites an unknown mysterious emotion.”

— Debasish Mridha

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

— John Ciardi

“Poets and poetry help us express our emotions and experiences, making us feel less alone in our struggles.”

— Wajid Shaikh

“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm…

— Alok Mishra

“A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.”

— James Stephens

Poetry is, above all, an approach to the truth of feeling.

— Muriel Rukeyser