Poetry Quote by John Smyth

“A poem isn't a good poem, until you need it.”

— J. David Gray

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

— Euginia Herlihy

“I don't know how to write poetry, because I am the poetry.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Poetry is anything you read out loud alone.”

— David Gordon

“Stop. Watch. Listen. There’s poetry all over. And the thing about poetry? It don’t write itself.”

— Bethany House Publishers

“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 language adequate to one's experience.”

— Jay Parini

“Poetry is simple when you write what you see and feel, searching for the words only makes it difficult”

— Rayvon L. Browne

“It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

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

— the mag man

“a poet can always find something good to write about.”

— Colleen Houck

“the best poems it seems to me are written out of an ultimate need. and once the poem is written, the only need after…

— Charles Bukowski