Poetry Quotes

Small: We all write poems it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words
"We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words"
John Fowles, Novelist
Small: However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there cant be much to it
"However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it"
James Schuyler, Poet
Small: Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket
"Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket"
Charles Simic, Poet
Small: How do poems grow? They grow out of your life
"How do poems grow? They grow out of your life"
Robert Penn Warren, Novelist
Small: A poets autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote
"A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote"
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Poet
Small: A poem can have an impact, but you cant expect an audience to understand all the nuances
"A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances"
Douglas Dunn, Poet
Small: A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties
"A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties"
Anne Stevenson, Poet
Small: A poets work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, a
"A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep"
Salman Rushdie, Novelist
Small: Every single soul is a poem
Michael Franti
"Every single soul is a poem"
Michael Franti, Musician
Small: Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them
"Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them"
Charles Simic, Poet
Small: Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry
Gustave Flaubert
"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry"
Gustave Flaubert, Novelist
Small: Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a rememb
"Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance"
John Keats, Poet
Small: Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason
Novalis
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason"
Novalis, Poet
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