Language Quote by Michelle Dean

People can put their best poems straight onto the web.

— Roger McGough

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read…

— Caroline Kennedy

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

— Lucille Clifton

Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.

— Ezra Pound

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

Some of our writers are starting to incorporate elements of social media, etc. in the work itself, which is all for the good, I…

— George Saunders

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

— Fleur Adcock

Poetry is a kind of magic that very few can create and even fewer can truly understand and appreciate in all its glory.

— Dennis Gabor

Poetry fills clubs, halls and venues. Poets and poems can talk to the deepest feelings and to the silliest. It can be like stand-up…

— Michael Rosen

Lyrical poetry is not a big part of most people's lives. Twitter now becomes an interesting way of getting cared for language into people's…

— Teju Cole

It is not enough for poems to be fine; they must charm, and draw the mind of the listener at will.

— Horace

Poetry is not only the most concise way of conveying the human experience; it also offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation.

— Joseph Brodsky