Away Quote by Tomas Transtromer

“We may feel bitterly how little our poems can do in the face of seemingly out of control technological power and seemingly limitless corporate…

— Adrienne Rich

“The poet lives and writes at the frontier between deep internal experience and the revelations of the outer world. There is no going back…

— David Whyte

Poetry, in the past, was the center of our society, but with modernity it has retreated to the outskirts. I think the exile of…

— Octavio Paz

I'd say that the middle stanza is closer: that's the place where the poem ranges unexpectedly into a different realm.

— Jane Hirshfield

The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another…

— Guy Davenport

“Poetry has isolated me from the world more than it has connected me to it.”

— Peter Davis

Poetry is the way into a spiritual vision of society and the universe.

— Camille Paglia

“Poetry, in its own way, is a carrier of the sparks, because it too comes out of silence, seeking connection with unseen others.”

— Adrienne Rich

He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write…

— John Fowles

Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart...

— John Berger

Poetry is a world seen through the eyes of the soul, writing in its being...

— Mariana Fulger

“Let’s not be too harsh where poets are concerned. They have to live in no-man’s-land, halfway between dreams and reality.”

— Arthur Gordon