Ancient Quote by Simon Armitage

There is something essential and necessary about the immediacy and democracy of poetry. If you look at the history of literature, poetry is the…

— Jonathan W. Galassi

Poetry has always been made to seem kind of cultish. But the truth is, everybody really loves it! It's much more mainstream than anyone…

— Maria Shriver

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry…

— David Whyte

“Poetry is a niche genre, sure, but it has a way of opening people up. It opens me up. As with music and art,…

— Nicholas Trandahl

There is so much poetry, and yet nothing is more rare than a poetic work. This is what the masses make out of poetical…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient…

— Robert Morgan

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not…

— Mark Strand

What I search for continuously in my art is adequate language, language I hope can stand beyond any particular occasion. What I'm finding is…

— Adrienne Rich

I don't believe that poetry is in danger because nobody wants to read it or appreciate it. There is a tremendous audience for it…

— Derek Walcott

Modern" poetry is, essentially, an extension of romanticism; it is what romantic poetry wishes or finds it necessary to become. It is the end…

— Randall Jarrell

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. It speaks of what seems…

— James Joyce

It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.

— Horace