Anybody Quote by Roger McGough

Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

— Karl Shapiro

I enjoy writing poetry more than seeing people in real life. To me most people are the same.

— Jeremy Limn

To me, poetry is a rational act. I never write a poem if I'm not sure what I am going to say or what…

— Luljeta Lleshanaku

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it.

— Diane Wakoski

Poetry is not the thing said, but the way of saying it.

— A. E. Housman

Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people.…

— Patti Smith

When people decide to talk publicly about poetry as an art form and how it's received, they often get very abject about it: "Nobody…

— Eileen Myles

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what…

— Allen Ginsberg

I would insist that poetry is a normal human activity and its proper concern all the things that happen to people.

— Michael Longley

“The thing that makes poetry different from all other arts [is that] you're using language, which is what you use for everything else--telling lies…

— W.S. Merwin

Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.

— Sonia Sanchez

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

— Caroline Kennedy