Poetry Quote by David Malouf

“But the reason we fly from the city is not in reality that it is not poetical; it is that its poetry is too…

— G. K. Chesterton

“There is a kind of poetry, bad and good, in everything, everywhere we look.”

— Ali Smith

“Everywhere the poems open.”

— Mary Kinzie

“A city of Dreadful Nights: "The world rolls round forever like a mill, it grinds out life and death and good and ill. It…

— James Thompson

“Poetry has a mysterious way of illustrating the landscapes of life. One can't help but love its audacity to record the journey.”

— L.v. Jones

“Music , literature with poetry makes a perfect paradise.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Writing poetry felt silly, not practical. It was poetry. I wasn't exploring space here. But it felt necessary to me.”

— Anonymous

“Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get…

— Elizabeth Alexander

“But many people just love to be in the midst of that poetry, to keep experiencing what’s perplexing, what’s beautiful, what’s true.”

— John Timpane

“Poetry, is a life long war waged against ineffable beauty.”

— Atticus Poetry

“It seems the loneliest place in the world for something so lovely.”

— Samantha Hunt

“Nothing fills the world quite as poetry does. A poet need not dwell on the pagecount of his life.”

— D.A. Botta