Believe Quote by Theodore Roethke

You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is.

— Theodore Roethke

“Some people react physically to the magic of poetry, to the moments, that is, of authentic revelation, of the communication, the sharing , at…

— Dylan Thomas

There’s plenty that poetry cannot do, but the miracle, of course, is how much it can do, how much it does do.

— Mary Szybist

I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.

— Natasha Trethewey

A poem is like a child; at some point we have to let it go and trust that it will make its own way…

— Dorianne Laux

Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but…

— Jean Cocteau

A poem is something sacred. Let no one Take it for anything except itself.

— Jose Marti

for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside…

— Plato

The good, supreme, divine poetry is above the rules and reason. Whoever discerns its beauty with a firm, sedate gaze does not see it,…

— Michel de Montaigne

“If you put the words on a page and you believe in them, then it’s a poem.”

— Ewuare Osayande

I believe that there is a kind of poetry, even a kind of truth, in simple fact.

— Edward Abbey

As a guiding principle I believe that every poem must be its own sole freshly created universe, and therefore have no belief n 'tradition'…

— Philip Larkin