Modern Quote by Muriel Rukeyser

At certain periods of history it is only poetry that is capable of dealing with reality by condensing it into something graspable, something that…

— Joseph Brodsky

Maybe the world, without us, is the real poem.

— Mary Oliver

If your vision of the world is of a certain kind you will put poetry in everything, necessarily.

— Georges Simenon

“Real poetry is art at its purest sense. It is never a commodity, but a breath of eternity.”

— Subhan Zein

The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.

— Bin Ramke

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

— Wallace Stevens

Great poetry does not have to be technically intricate.

— James Fenton

Poetry is a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right.

— Wallace Stevens

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

— Lana Del Rey

It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of…

— David Whyte

Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.

— Anonymous

“Poetry unlocks that unseen world and that unheard language to the real world.”

— Euginia Herlihy