Attention Quote by Laura Riding

The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it…

— Denise Levertov

“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm…

— Alok Mishra

In every good poem everything must be both deliberate and instinctive. That is how the poem becomes ideal.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced that most…

— A. E. Housman

Thus poetry, regarded as a vehicle of thought, is especially impressive partly because it obeys all the laws of effective speech, and partly because…

— Herbert Spencer

Poetry's role is to provide spontaneous individual candor as distinct from manipulation and brainwash.

— Allen Ginsberg

“Compulsion: noun, mass noun; an ability possessed by certain Que Cum Virtute Judicium (Virts) to force someone to do something or create an irresistible…

— Alex Lane

Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

Every limited mind demands a certain freedom of expression, and the man who cannot express himself satisfactorily without the stimulation derived from the spirited…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.

— Confucius

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