Poetry Quote by Howard Zinn

There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where…

— Edward Hirsch

Poetry does so many different things, it's difficult to say anything definitive about its role, which of course varies from culture to culture. It…

— Stephen Dunn

I think one of poetry's functions is not to give us what we want... The poet isn't always of use to the tribe. The…

— Heather McHugh

Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.

— Diane Wakoski

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

— Ezra Pound

Poetry is so close to music, not just in cadence and sound but in silences. That's why, to me, I can't talk about prose…

— Pattiann Rogers

“There are other, savager, and more primeval aspects of Nature than our poets have sung. It is only white man's poetry. Homer and Ossian…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Vanessa M. Chattman

“Poetry is the language of the gods. I love poems myself. But poetry is not only in poems; it is diffused everywhere, it is…

— Ivan Turgenev

All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native…

— Sherman Alexie

There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in…

— Eugenio Montale

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an…

— Stevie Smith