Action Quote by Matthew Arnold

Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves

— Lorna Goodison

“Some people react physically to the magic of poetry, to the moments, that is, of authentic revelation, of the communication, the sharing , at…

— Dylan Thomas

As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

Good poetry seems so simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry…

— Henry David Thoreau

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and longing.

— Eliza Griswold

What is poetry? The suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions.

— John Ruskin

“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”

— Alok Mishra

I regard a love for poetry as one of the most needful and helpful elements in the life-outfit of a human being. It was…

— Lucy Larcom

“Good poetry does not exist merely for the sake of itself, but rather, is a byproduct of yearning and growth; great poetry canonizes that…

— Bryant McGill

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to…

— Mattie Stepanek

“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity for our existence. It forms the quality of light from which we predicate our…

— Audre Lorde