Poetry Quote by John A. Vanek

“Poetry can be a peculiar gateway, Will. It can be a way into all kinds of things that don’t seem to have a way…

— Will Willingham

“Poetry is so unique and it doesn't compromise.”

— Euginia Herlihy

“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 a will to put things right, an imaginary solution, a way of avoiding a catastrophe that already happened. Poetry is an escape,…

— Aase Berg

“Poetry is the fellatio of the mind, but there's nothing there.”

— the mag man

“There are many things you can lie your way through; poetry is not one of them.”

— Nicole Lyons

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

— Melody Lee

“There was a time when I do not understand poetry.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Poetry ought to be a by-product of living, and you can't have a by-product unless you've got a product first .”

— Wallace Stegner

“I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Poetry is a story that is so good, It doesn't need complete sentences.”

— John Smyth

“If you can not be a poet, be the poem.”

— David Carradine