Even Quote by Maya Angelou

Poetry is music though, unfortunately, not all music is poetry. Because music has other carriers to take its message - beats, lyrics, singers, bass…

— Nikki Giovanni

Poetry is music written for the human voice.

— Maya Angelou

Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people.…

— Patti Smith

I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry…

— Ellen Bass

Poets sing our human music for us.

— Carol Ann Duffy

Poetry is meant to be heard.

— Mary Oliver

I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.

— Peleg Top

Poetry is supposed to be musical. But people don't understand prose. They're so used to reading journalism - clunky, functional sentences that convey factual…

— Jonathan Lethem

Poetry is an art spoken, as if sung, in relation to other human beings.

— David Biespiel

Poetry uses language to create a music borne inside human experiences and emotions.

— Pattiann Rogers

Speaking of people I had to exclude: Hank Williams. which is to say, songs are part of lyric poetry in my book, my thinking.…

— Gregory Orr

The secret of understanding poetry is to hear poetry's words as what they are: the full self's most intimate speech, half waking, half dream.…

— Jane Hirshfield