Nuisance Quote by Hortense Calisher

Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun.

— Gwen Harwood

Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

— William Hughes Mearns

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

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

It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than…

— Orson F. Whitney

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person...

— Czeslaw Milosz

I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.

— Jean Cocteau

Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.

— Sylvia Plath

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is…

— Leonard Cohen

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

— Caroline Kennedy

Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are.

— Philip Larkin

It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely.

— Jane Austen