Reform and exchange in English poetry are as slow as in the British constitution itself. Austin Clarke britishconstitutionenglish Change image and share on social
Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose. Aung San Suu Kyi agefondpoetry Change image and share on social
At eight, I made a commitment to poetry. Until then, I thought I'd be a policeman. But I went a whole night without sleeping, and the next day the world had changed. It needed a different language. Alice Oswald changecommitmentday Change image and share on social
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition. A. R. Ammons actualclassdiffer share on social
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. Lynda Barry artbookhide Change image and share on social
And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. Ezra Pound aetherbeautifulcity share on social
That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been. Lascelles Abercrombie broadlyepicindependently Change image and share on social
The line is a way of framing poetry. All verse is measured by lines. The poetic line immediately announces its difference from everyday speech and prose. Edward Hirsch announcedifferenceeveryday Change image and share on social
I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry. Elizabeth Edwards girlpoetrypoint Change image and share on social
There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry. Emily Dickinson bookcourserfrigate Change image and share on social
