Poetry Quotes - Page 6

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.

A vein of poetry exists in the hearts of all men.

The poem is lonely. It is lonely and en route. Its author stays with it. Does this very fact not place the poem already here, at its inception, in the encounter, in the mystery of encounter?

Poetry is a sort of homecoming.

The reverie we intend to study is poetic reverie. This is a reverie which poetry puts on the right track, the track an expanding consciousness follows. This reverie is written, or, at least, promises to be written. It is already facing the great universe of the blank page. Then images begin to compose and fall into place.

Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess it; they desire that joy shall be graceful and sorrow august and infinity have a form.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

Poetry is not the record of an event: it is an event.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.

Poetry is the breath of beauty.

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.

Poetry is life distilled.

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

Poetry should begin with emotion in the poet, and end with the same emotion in the reader. The poem is simply the instrument of transferance.

In poetry, even discourse about doubts must be cast in a discourse that cannot be doubted.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts "beauty." It tries to be truthful.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.