Clever Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Prose: words in their best order; poetry: the best words in the best order.”

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem.

— Pattiann Rogers

“The best words in the best order...one always go the same shock of recognition and delight when someone's words swam up to meet a…

— Mary Stewart

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

— Ezra Pound

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry.

— Virginia Woolf

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in the best order; and journalese is any old words…

— Alan Brewer

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

— Jeremy Bentham

“Writing poetry is about learning to pare down the poem to the most essential words. Every word used has to be crucial to the…

— Harley King

whether they write poems or don't write poems, poets are best.

— Randall Jarrell

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.

— Matthew Arnold

We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to…

— John Drinkwater