Top 472 Poetry Quotes

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

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.

People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.

What has always attracted me in life is poetry. Any genre can have poetry. For me, poetry contains truth.

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

I've always felt that poetry was particularly erotic, more than prose was... I say that you read poems not with your eyes and not with your ears, but with your mouth. You taste it.