Dramatic Quote by Diane Ackerman

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

— Anonymous

Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't worthy of…

— Allison Joseph

The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality.

— Muriel Rukeyser

“And the poet who fears to take the risk that what he writes may turn out not to be poetry at all, is a…

— T.S.Eliot

“Poetry can unleash a terrible fear. I suppose it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own endless set of…

— Jim Carroll

It may very well be that we have entered another time when most poets will feel compelled to use poetry to stop things from…

— Matthew Zapruder

I still believe many poets begin in fear and hope: fear that the poetic past will turn out to be a monologue rather than…

— Eavan Boland

It's not a love of poetry readings that attracts those who do come to them but theater.

— A. R. Ammons

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely.

— Jane Austen

Poetry takes courage because you have to face things and you try to articulate how you feel.

— Edward Hirsch

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom.…

— Peter Davison