I'm so happy to be an advocate for poetry. Edward Hirsch advocatehappypoetry Change image and share on social
When poetry separates from song, then the words have to carry all the rhythm themselves; they have to do all the work. They can't rely on the singing voice. Edward Hirsch carrypoetryrely Change image and share on social
Poetry is a form of necessary speech... I have sought to restore the aura of sacred practice that accompanies true poetic creation, to honor both the rational and the irrational elements of poetry. Edward Hirsch accompanyauracreation Change image and share on social
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. Elia Kazan actdirectionpoetry Change image and share on social
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson bodybookcold Change image and share on social
Poetry is the deification of reality. Edith Sitwell deificationpoetryreality Change image and share on social
Sunday is a likely day to write a poem. Because poetry is a piece of language flying around: you'll find notebooks, something on your phone. It's about finding them and getting them off that crumpled piece of paper and onto my computer. Eileen Myles computercrumpleday share on social
Often I find that poems predict what I'm going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have. Erica Jong expressionfeltfind Change image and share on social
It is certainly true that writers take a stance at some variance from organized religion. This has not always been true. But since the romantic movement - and I'm referring now exclusively to poetry - the emphasis has been on the individual imagination defined against, rather than in terms of, any orthodoxy. Eavan Boland defineemphasisexclusively share on social
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry. Erik Satie animalartinvent Change image and share on social