Michel-leiris Quote by Michel Leiris

“Poetry is the insistent roaring of the human soul.”

— Pietros Maneos

“Poetry emerges from the depths of struggle. It comes up fighting, demanding to be heard.”

— Aisha Mirza

“Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get…

— Elizabeth Alexander

“Poetry, playing with your words until you breathe life into them.”

— Morgan Dragonwillow

“Here they have no time for the fine graces of poetry, unless it freely grows in deep compulsion, like water in the well, woven…

— Iain Crichton Smith

“Poetry is a finikin thing of air That lives uncertainly and not for long Yet radiantly beyond much lustier blurs.”

— Wallace Stevens

“Poetry is the fellatio of the mind, but there's nothing there.”

— the mag man

“Poetry: a weapon to articulate the world the way I see it.~”

— Niki Herd

“A poet in his senses knocks vainly at the gates of poetry.”

— Ben Johnson

“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the…

— Erik Pevernagie

“It is always what is under pressure in us, especially under pressure of concealment--that explodes in poetry.”

— Adrienne Rich

“Poetry is the yearning of the soul to break free!”

— Avijeet Das