Century Quote by Jose Marti

What a contrast between the stern and desolate poetry of Ossian, and that of Chaucer, and even of Shakespeare and Milton, much more of…

— Henry David Thoreau

Poetry is a fireplace in summer or a fan in winter.

— Robert Hass

“Poetry is the coronation of literature, and a majestic form of writing.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's…

— Jane Campion

Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and…

— Wislawa Szymborska

“And so it’s hard for a certain kind of naïve mind at a restless, awakening time of year not to wonder, for example, what…

— Lisa R. Spaar

“It is always a poet's winter.”

— Kate Braverman

In the great cities, winter glitters with art and feasting. But poetry, the country cousin, sees only the dearth of the fields.

— Mason Cooley

“The way contemporary literature is emerging, soon we can expect "Item poetry" in novels.”

— Himmilicious

And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble tradition.

— Edward Hirsch

Voices and movements approach loss and remembrance profoundly, making poetry of the mundane and seasoning it with wit.

— Deborah Jowitt

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

— Horace Walpole