Combination Quote by Samuel Prout

Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

— Anonymous

“I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It…

— William Carlos Williams

Poetry must be simple, sensuous, or impassioned.

— Emma Lazarus

Poetry is the apotheosis of sentiment.

— Madame de Stael

Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered,…

— Gilbert Highet

Poetry, I'm often told, is something made of words. I think it really goes the other way around: words are made of poetry.

— Robert Bringhurst

In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.

— Paul Claudel

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

— Karl Shapiro

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

— Robert Frost

What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we…

— Robert Morgan

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

— Ezra Pound

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

— Elaine Equi