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Poetry Is Quotes - Page 3

He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.

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

Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life.

C.D. Wright (2012). “Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil”, p.59, Copper Canyon Press

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

William Hazlitt (1845). “Lectures on the English Poets”, p.2

Poetry is the enemy of the poem.

Stanley Kunitz, Kent P. Ljungquist (2013). “Conversations with Stanley Kunitz”, p.11, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Poetry is an orphan of silence.

Charles Simic (1985). “The Uncertain Certainty: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry”

The truest poetry is the most feigning.

William Shakespeare (1832). “Hamlet, and As you like it, a specimen of a new ed. of Shakespeare [by T. Caldecott]. by T. Caldecott”