Bible Quote by John Piper

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

— Charles Simic

Poems are difficult to silence.

— Stephen Greenblatt

I've always felt that poetry is the enemy of silence, but of course, in the right moments, silence can be useful. The trick is…

— Cornelius Eady

Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head.

— Christopher Logue

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

— Aldous Huxley

Poetry is what makes the invisible appear.

— Nathalie Sarraute

“Since poetry deals with the singular, not the general, it cannot - if it is good poetry - look at things of this earth…

— Czesław Miłosz

Poetry is an orphan of silence.

— Charles Simic

Poetry is the least imposition on silence in a world of chatter.

— Marvin Bell

Poetry is the art of overhearing ourselves say things from which it is impossible to retreat.

— David Whyte

The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness.

— Russell Simmons

God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken, And yet so profound, so loud, and so far, It fills you, it thrills you with…

— Joaquin Miller