Poetry Quote by Carmen Boullosa

“Therefore, poets do not 'fit' into society, not because a place is denied them but because they do not take their 'places' seriously. They…

— James P. Carse

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“My memory often seems like a city of exiled poets afire with the astonishment of language, each believing in the integrity of his own…

— Pat Conroy

“Blame the poets. It’s easier to stir people to rebellion if they think they’re on the side of a demigod or some chosen one.…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“i see poets riding the red winds unchecked by the borders of time, wandering with light feet over the land mines and trip wires,…

— Peter Standish Evans

“These names mean nothing to Perowne. But he understands how eminent poets, like senior consultants, live in a watchful, jealous world in which reputations…

— Ian McEwan

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.

— Elizabeth Janeway

“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.”

— J.D. Salinger

“There are many unspeakable words, forgotten, or forbidden. Great thanks to the poets who make them all become reachable.”

— Toba Beta

The poet is like the prince of clouds Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer; Exiled on the ground in the midst…

— Charles Baudelaire

“Greeks heard the poems read on stage while a group of dancers performed. Then a clever poet called Aeschylus came along and had a…

— Terry Deary