20th century Quote by Diane Glancy

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

— Helen Vendler

What happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page.

— James Fenton

“A photograph is a poem without words”

— Holace

“A poet is someone who can use a single image to send a universal message.”

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Poetry is good for unleashing images.

— Paula Rego

Poetry is fact given over to imagery.

— Rod McKuen

“Poems should be like pins which prick the skin of boredom and leave a glow equal in its pride to the gate of the…

— Norman Mailer

“Poetry is the image of man and nature”

— Wordsworth William

Images are the heart of poetry ... You're not a poet without imagery.

— Anne Sexton

Poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think. Out of memory - a dress I lent my daughter on her way back to…

— Sharon Olds

Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.

— Amanda Gorman

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

— Ambrose Bierce