Communication Quote by Fleur Adcock

Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.

— John Drinkwater

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what…

— Allen Ginsberg

“Poetry rhymes, a song our souls need to nourish upon. Poetry is a drum, a sound our bodies wish to have. Poetry is organized,…

— Gloria D. Gonsalves

Poetry is an intimate act. It's about bringing forth something that's inside you--whether it is a memory, a philosophical idea, a deep love for…

— Dorianne Laux

Poetry is a release of something previously unknown into the visible. You write to invite that, to make of yourself a gathering of the…

— Jane Hirshfield

Poetry fills clubs, halls and venues. Poets and poems can talk to the deepest feelings and to the silliest. It can be like stand-up…

— Michael Rosen

Poetry is a reaching out forward expression, an effort to find fulfillment

— Robert Frost

Poetry is an art spoken, as if sung, in relation to other human beings.

— David Biespiel

Poetry is a very complex art… It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.

— Ezra Pound

Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people.…

— Patti Smith

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to…

— Mattie Stepanek

Poetry is meant to be heard.

— Mary Oliver