Good Poet Quotes

15 quotes by 12 authors

• The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
• If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good… — Socrates
• Into the paradise of euphony, the good poet must introduce hell. Broken paradises are the only kind worth reading. — Mark Doty
• Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true. — William Shenstone
• A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
• The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the… — Karl Shapiro
• There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes… — Anthony Hecht
• And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name,… — Norman MacCaig
• No bad man can be a good poet. — Boris Pasternak
• Against my better judgment I feel certain that somewhere very near here—the first house down the road, maybe—there's a good poet dying, but also somewhere… — J D Salinger
• Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question. — Dorianne Laux
• He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been… — Lloyd Alexander
• One of the surest tests of the superiority or inferiority of a poet is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate mature… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
• The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human… — Karl Shapiro
• Are you really going to see Lewis? One of the few people it's worth getting excited over, I think. I know he is a good… — Ruth Pitter

Who Wrote These Good Poet Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 15 Good Poet Quotes as follows:

• 3 Good Poet Quotes by Thomas Stearns Eliot
• 2 Good Poet Quotes by Karl Shapiro
• 1 Good Poet Quote by William Shenstone
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Socrates
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Ruth Pitter
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Norman MacCaig
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Mark Doty
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Lloyd Alexander
• 1 Good Poet Quote by J D Salinger
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Dorianne Laux
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Boris Pasternak
• 1 Good Poet Quote by Anthony Hecht