Existential Quote by Gwen Harwood

Poetry is a way of always paying attention to the world for me; a way of letting the world stick to me instead of…

— Mike Young

My poems, I think, exist in a state of tension between the love of natural beauty and the fear of natural meaninglessness or absurdity.

— Hayden Carruth

Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the universal -…

— May Sarton

I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions, and traumatic events that come with being alive.

— Gregory Orr

I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.

— Hortense Calisher

I like to think of poetry as statements made on the way to the grave.

— Dylan Thomas

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being,…

— T. S. Eliot

“Poetry is a way of expressing your thoughts, feelings, and your emotions, it's how you go through life in your own special way of…

— Anonymous

To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life.

— Gregory Orr

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

— Khalil Gibran

I do consider my engaged poetry as a personal mission, a duty toward a society which evolves into a system of control of consciences:…

— Jan Theuninck