Engaged Quote by Jewel

My life's purpose is to write poetry - but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.

— William Soutar

Of all the arts the living of a life is perhaps the greatest; to live every moment of life with the same imaginative commitment…

— Kathleen Raine

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

— Edgar Allan Poe

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My intention is to write poems. That's what I've been doing most of my life.

— Joseph Brodsky

It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into…

— Criss Jami

a poet is someone who is abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. Which is to say the highest form of concentration possible:…

— e. e. cummings

Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my participation in what is real, my engagement with voices and images. This…

— Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

— Edward Hirsch

“A poet is intensely in love with live and passionately wants to express his or her experience with love and beauty.”

— Debasish Mridha

What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.

— Sherman Alexie