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Whoever lives for poetry must read everything. How often has the light of a new idea sprung for me from a simple brochure! When one… — Gaston Bachelard
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
My feeling is that poetry is also a healing process, and then when a person tries to write poetry with depth or beauty, he will… — Robert Bly
The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose,… — Paul Muldoon
Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense. — Isaac Newton
Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit… — Helen Keller
Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has the… — Brendan Kennelly
For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. — Audre Lorde
One of the deep fundamentals of poetry is the recurrence of sounds, syllables, words, phrases, lines, and stanzas. Repetition can be one of the most… — Edward Hirsch
Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us. — Joseph Joubert
Poetry is a reaching out forward expression, an effort to find fulfillment — Robert Frost
All the old bindings are broken. Cosmological centers now are anywhere and everywhere. The earth is a heavenly body, most beautiful of all, and all… — Joseph Campbell
Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science — William Wordsworth
Poetry is what is gained in translation. — Joseph Brodsky
Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even. — Carolyn Forche
Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations. — Carl Sandburg
Poetry is not truth, it is the resurrection of presences. — Octavio Paz
Poetry is music written for the human voice. — Maya Angelou
The purpose of poetry is to make life complete in itself. — Wallace Stevens
Poetry is a means of redemption. — Wallace Stevens
Poetry is a peerless proficiency of the imagination. — Marianne Moore
I don't think any poetry is written that isn't primarily written to the self, in a way... I'm always talking to myself. But I seem… — Kay Ryan
Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder. — Edward Hirsch
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
Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader's head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance. Educated listeners compare… — Christopher Logue

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