Different Quote by John Cooper Clarke

People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are.

— Tinie Tempah

Poetry and prayer are very similar

— Carol Ann Duffy

A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem.

— Juan Felipe Herrera

Poetry is very similar to music, only less notes and more words.

— Eddie Izzard

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

— Franz Grillparzer

I think poetry is as old as language, and both come out of the same thing - an effort to try to express something…

— W. S. Merwin

Music is closer to poetry than anything.

— John McLaughlin

Poetry is a language used in a different way.

— Anonymous

If you can explain a poem, it is not a poem. Poetry has to be inexplicable.

— Luis Gonzalez

One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language.

— Pattiann Rogers

Songs are all poetry, and they don't make any sense.

— A. A. Gill

Poetry is music, and nothing but music. Words with musical emphasis.

— Amiri Baraka