Downfall Quote by Roy Harper

The poetry is myself.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

Poetry is the enemy of the poem.

— Stanley Kunitz

Poetry is the thread that leads us out of the labyrinth of despair and into the light.

— Gregory Orr

In this story I am the poet You're the poetry.

— Arzum Uzun

My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

— Wilfred Owen

My life has been the poem I would have writ, But I could not both live and utter it.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Poets and poetry help us express our emotions and experiences, making us feel less alone in our struggles.”

— Wajid Shaikh

“Poets always hate those in power. To them perfection is always just behind the last corner, or beyond the next. They escape the present…

— Robert E. Howard

I alwaysthought of myself as a competent, minor poet. I know who I'm up against.

— Leonard Cohen

Every time you write a poem it’s apocalyptic. You’re revealing who you really are to yourself.

— Li-Young Lee

I've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.

— Mike Gordon

I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.

— Andrew Motion