Poetry Is Quotes - Page 3
George Orwell (1987). “The complete works of George Orwell”
It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right.
Thomas Carlyle (2007). “The French Revolution: A History”, p.17, Modern Library
Poetry is language surprised in the act of changing into meaning.
Stanley Kunitz, Kent P. Ljungquist (2013). “Conversations with Stanley Kunitz”, p.69, Univ. Press of Mississippi
Prose is prose because of what it includes; poetry is poetry because of what it leaves out.
Marvin Bell (1994). “A Marvin Bell reader: selected poetry and prose”, University Press of New England
Poetry is often generations in advance of the thought of its time.
Louise Bogan (1970). “A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation”, New York : McGraw-Hill
C.D. Wright (2012). “Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil”, p.59, Copper Canyon Press
William Hazlitt (1845). “Lectures on the English Poets”, p.2
Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry.
Virginia Woolf (2013). “The Common Reader”, p.61, Lulu Press, Inc
Stanley Kunitz, Kent P. Ljungquist (2013). “Conversations with Stanley Kunitz”, p.11, Univ. Press of Mississippi
Charles Simic (1985). “The Uncertain Certainty: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry”
William Shakespeare (1832). “Hamlet, and As you like it, a specimen of a new ed. of Shakespeare [by T. Caldecott]. by T. Caldecott”