Best Poetry Quotes
- The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning and method, a sense… — May Swenson
- Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
- I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual. — Miller Williams
- The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. — Philip Levine
- Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written… — Robert Morgan