Compromise Quote by Euginia Herlihy

“The beauty of poetry is that it can mean different things to different people at different times.”

— Wendy Higgins

“Poetry is music for the human voice. Until you actually speak it or someone speaks it, it has not come into its own.”

— Maya Angelou

“There are many things you can lie your way through; poetry is not one of them.”

— Nicole Lyons

“Poetry is the fellatio of the mind, but there's nothing there.”

— the mag man

“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 can be a peculiar gateway, Will. It can be a way into all kinds of things that don’t seem to have a way…

— Will Willingham

“The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Poems is what could keep us happy, different words, different poets, different paths.”

— Deyth Banger

“I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Poetry is a story that is so good, It doesn't need complete sentences.”

— John Smyth

“That's what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better”

— Jay Asher

“If you can not be a poet, be the poem.”

— David Carradine