Appear Quote by Franz Wright

Poetry, for example, goes so deeply into the space between corporeal affect and deep emotion (even primal in some cases) that, as Emily Dickinson…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

When you are in a good mood,even a song ,whose lyrics you don't understand, becomes meaningful.

— Bibeka

Rather than numbing or drowning out the difficult-to-describe but urgently sensed feelings that are part of being human, poetry invites us to tease them…

— Tracy K. Smith

A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that…

— Mary Ann Hoberman

When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes…

— Francoise Hardy

Language etches the grooves through which your thoughts must flow.

— Noam Chomsky

I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to…

— Anne Stevenson

People in day-to-day life tend to skim the surface of things and be polite and careful, and that's not the language I speak. I…

— Shirley Manson

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

— Diane Ackerman

I respond to mood. I hear some phrase, or pick up a rhythm.

— Miller Williams

I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter,…

— Carol Ann Duffy

“That’s the beauty of poetry,” I said. “That language is inadequate to describe life. So poetry just tries to bring up emotions. Just read…

— Victor Methos