Poetry Quote by Helen Vendler

“Poetry is language playing with itself.”

— Harryette Mullen

“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

“Poetry is the language of the soul; Poetic Prose, the language of my heart. Each line must flow as in a song, and strike…

— Lori R. Lopez

“Poetry is a language adequate to one's experience.”

— Jay Parini

“Poetry is a separate language, or more specifically, a language within a language.”

— Paul Valéry

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of messages.”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.

— Ezra Pound

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages. ”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

The poem is the literary form of the 21st century. It's able to connect young people in a deep way to language... it's language…

— Carol Ann Duffy

“Poetry is, among other things, a criticism of language.”

— Adrienne Rich

“A poem is language built to the struc- ture of a flower.”

— Jose Garcia Villa

“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity for our existence. It forms the quality of light from which we predicate our…

— Audre Lorde