Poet Quotes - Page 3

They swayed about upon a rocking horse, And thought it Pegasus.

The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in.

I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.

If I am going to be a poet at all, I am going to be POET and not NEGRO POET.

Love isn't soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

Let no-one say the past is dead, the past is all about us and within.

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Forests may be gorgeous but there is nothing more alive than a tree that learns how to grow in a cemetery.

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present.

Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon.

A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.

To walk with nature as a poet is the necessary condition of a perfect artist.

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist, and 'load every rift' of your subject with ore.