Convince Quote by H. L. Mencken

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

— Ezra Pound

Poetry, I thought then, and still do, is a matter of space on the page interrupted by a few well-chosen words, to give them…

— Fay Weldon

It is not enough for poems to be fine; they must charm, and draw the mind of the listener at will.

— Horace

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

— Voltaire

Poetry is prose, bent out of shape.

— J. Patrick Lewis

To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem.

— Pattiann Rogers

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into…

— Michael Tippett

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

— Robert Fitzgerald

That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain – poetic souls delight in prose insane

— Lord Byron

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

— Horace Walpole

There is a certain flimsiness of poetry which seems expedient in a song.

— William Shenstone

From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.

— Mark Strand