Affirmation Quote by Judith Butler

We all need poetry. The moments in our lives that are characterized by language that has to do with necessity or the market, or…

— Tracy K. Smith

Poems are ideally suited, in some ways, to social media because they pack so much meaning into so little language.

— Michelle Dean

Poetry springs directly from our primal need and capacity for communication[Poetry] mobilizes such a concentration of devices, such an intensification of language via rhythm,…

— Sven Birkerts

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.

— Peter Davison

A poem can use anything to talk about anything.

— Jane Hirshfield

Poems' deep work is a matter of language, but also a matter of life. One part of that work is to draw into our…

— Jane Hirshfield

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

— Jack Prelutsky

Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen.

— Fleur Adcock

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but…

— John Keats

If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language…

— Rita Dove

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages. ”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn't know how to talk or negotiate.

— Rita Dove