Poetry Quote by James Branch Cabell

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

— James Branch Cabell

“Poetry emerges from the depths of struggle. It comes up fighting, demanding to be heard.”

— Aisha Mirza

“The man was poetry in motion.”

— Danielle Bourdon

“Let us discuss why poetry has lost the power of making men brave.”

— E.M. Forster

“With poetry, rules are meant to be broken. And that's the beauty of poetry; it's rebellious, like me.”

— Melody Lee

“The history of man is a must read poetry.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Poetry is man’s best means of perceiving most profoundly the action and the consequence of his own emotions.”

— John Ciardi

“Remember, words are the enemy of poetry.”

— Russell Edson

“These men seem not to know that poetry has its particular rules and precepts; and that history is governed by others directly opposite.”

— Lucian of Samosata

“Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something…

— Mary Oliver

“Of course we had hoped that he would take up his sword as part of the President's war on poetry. The time is ripe…

— Donald Barthelme

“When power narrows the areas of a man's concerns, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence”

— John F. Kennedy