Can not Quote by Paul Claudel

Shame doesn't exist as an emotion without the projected or perceived sense of judgment coming from somewhere else.

— Leslie Jamison

“Of course we had hoped that he would take up his sword as part of the President's war on poetry. The time is ripe…

— Donald Barthelme

In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.

— Elaine Equi

Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death

— Ruben Dario

We tend to be so bombarded with information, and we move so quickly, that there's a tendency to treat everything on the surface level…

— Rita Dove

“Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death. The gift of art is a superior gift that allows…

— Ruben

“What I really want is to be recognized as a writer; that someday, my poetry — this is an interesting paradox — would be…

— Harley King

Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit on paper,…

— Sarah Kay

If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry…

— Jim Jarmusch

My falling in love with spoken word poetry definitely came out of that time period where all the adults around me were failing to…

— Sarah Kay

Since the beginning of establishment, poets and spoken word artists have always been both vocal supporters and critics of government. And in this age…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

I think you can perform any poem. But what I believe is that the best examples of spoken word poetry I've ever seen, are…

— Sarah Kay

My first spoken word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine. The poem…

— Sarah Kay

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They…

— Erica Jong

Confession may well be a dirty word in poetry.

— Lucie Brock-Broido