Good Poem Quotes

21 quotes by 17 authors

Good poetry and successful revolution change our lives. And you cannot compose a good poem or wage a revolution without changing consciousness unless you attack… — June Jordan
It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts. The… — Robert Frost
...a good poem contains both meaning and music — Eve Merriam
You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is. — Theodore Roethke
Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and… — Robert Genn
A good poem is a tautology. It expands one word by adding a number which clarify it, thus making a new word which has never… — Alasdair Gray
I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students,… — Gil Scott-Heron
A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain. — David Whyte
A good poem is a contribution to reality. — Dylan Thomas
Itâ€™s a good poem if Iâ€™m a different person when Iâ€™m finished reading it. — Brandon Stanton
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good… — Dylan Thomas
Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question. — Dorianne Laux
Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we… — Jorge Luis Borges
If poets often commit suicide, it is not because their poems are bad but because they are good. Whoever heard of a bad poet committing… — Walker Percy
In the eyes of others a man is a poet if he has written one good poem. In his own he is only a poet… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You must believe: a poem is a holy thing - a good poem, that is. The poem, even a short time after being written, seems… — Theodore Roethke
A really good poem is full of music. — Eric Whitacre
No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? — C. Day Lewis

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