Poetry Quote by the mag man

“There is always an unspeakable where, perhaps, the nucleus of the living relation between the poem and the world resides.”

— Adrienne Rich

“Words in a poem are like petals on a flower, only together, in the right position, at the right time are they seen as…

— David McDonald

“A poem is contained movement. ”

— William Everson

Poetry is language in orbit.

— Seamus Heaney

“Poetry is the coronation of literature, and a majestic form of writing.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Poems ought to reflect the work the poet does, and his relationships with other people, and family, and institutions, and organization.”

— Wallace Stegner

“Poetry is the Quantum Mechanics of language.”

— Deborah L. Fruchey

“Poetry is music for the human voice. Until you actually speak it or someone speaks it, it has not come into its own.”

— Maya Angelou

“There’s plenty of room for strangeness, mystery, originality, wildness, etc. in poems that also invite the reader into the human and alive center about…

— Thomas Lux

Poetry being ... when we look from the center outward.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A poem is language built to the struc- ture of a flower.”

— Jose Garcia Villa

“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