Anger Quote by Tony Harrison

“Poetry is the wailing of a broken heart―the etched sorrows of despairing souls.  These artful words are an exclamation in rare colors expressed noiselessly…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't see poetry as something that has to do with too much emotion anyway. It has to do with language.

— Werner Herzog

Poems don't have to rhyme... Poems are about beauty and emotion; in other words poems are about feelings.

— Nikki Giovanni

“Every emotion, every feeling I have can be expressed with a word. But poetry isn’t just words muddled in a sentence. It gives us…

— Madeleine McEwen

I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are…

— Andrew Motion

Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion;…

— Anonymous

Poetry is more than a form of art. It's a vibration and a pulsing heart. Whether it's sour or whether it's sweet. It can…

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

— Thomas Hardy

The two important facts I should say, are emotion, and then words arising from emotion. I don't think you can write in an emotionless…

— Jorge Luis Borges

For poems are not, as people think, simply emotions (one has emotions early enough)-they are experiences.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Poetry has a unique ability to distill complex emotions into a few lines, creating a powerful impact that lingers in the hearts of readers.…

— LaTesha Monique

What I try to do is to keep emotion on a tight leash; otherwise, it can never be transubstantiated into poetry.

— Kiki Dimoula