Genuine Quote by Oscar Wilde

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.

— Oscar Wilde

One of the springs of poetry is joy.

— May Sarton

Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.

— Cheryl Hines

“Personal angst, agony, anger, anxiety and pleasure might produce good poetry. However, to create the best, as many poets have expressed in the past,…

— Alok Mishra

“Poetry purrs like a kitten on the tip of our tongue. Each word fluidly floating from our lips, like little crystalline snowflakes, before settling…

— Jaeda DeWalt

Poetry is, above all, an approach to the truth of feeling.

— Muriel Rukeyser

Poems infatuated with their own smarts and detached from any emotional grounding can leave the reader feeling lonely, empty and ashamed for having expected…

— Tracy K. Smith

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

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

Poetry is fired by love.

— Erica Jong

“Feelings and emotion ran through my veins like a hurricane. And that's when everything began to look like poetry. —You look like poetry”

— Altruistic

Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.

— Edward Abbey