His Poetry Quotes

22 His Poetry quotes by 22 unique authors

No poet is ever completely lost. He has the secret of his childhood safe with him, like some secret cave in which he can kneel.… — Peter Ackroyd
Gunn would be an important figure-rewarding, delightful, accomplished, enduring-in the history of English-language poetry even were his life not as fascinating as it now seems;… — Stephen Burt
Geoffrey Hill may be the strongest and most original English poet of the second half of our fading century, although his work is by no… — John Hollander
He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his poetry - it… — Subramanya Bharathi
Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. — Salvatore Quasimodo
There's a great freedom of forms and intonations in Luigi Fontanella's poetry. He doesn't take a strong formal stand; his poetry entertains moments of nearly… — Unknown Author
I was reading the poems of Rochester. Rochester made himself out to be bisexual, but I think that was only to shock. Most of his… — Thom Gunn
I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics — Hunter S. Thompson
When a man does not write his poetry, it escapes by other vents through him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even… — John Drinkwater
Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton , I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry. — Alfred North Whitehead
Thomas Davis was a great man where poetry is concerned, and a better than Thomas Moore. All over Ireland his poetry is, and he would… — Lady Gregory
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Your friend's poetry is terrible," he said. Clary blinked, caught momentarily off guard. "What?" "I said his poetry was terrible. It sounds like he ate… — Cassandra Clare
It's not that he lacked poetry. But his poetry was of the body, not the mind. He spoke it in the way he moved, the… — Meg Rosoff
If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry? — Alice Munro
I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than… — Henry David Thoreau
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic… — P.J. O'Rourke
I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing… — Trevor Dunn

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