I've been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do - you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a conversation started. That's the point of poetry. You're supposed to go, 'Hmmmm,' and 'Woooh!' Jill Scott biteconversationdig share on social
It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. John Millington Synge claypoetryroot Change image and share on social
How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry. Allen Tate askgeneticisthappen Change image and share on social
In these days of our new materialistic Irish state, poetry will have a harder, less picturesque task. But the loss of Yeats and all that boundless activity, in a country where the mind is feared and avoided, leaves a silence which it is painful to contemplate. Austin Clarke activityavoidboundless share on social
Most people who write and publish poetry teach or do something else. Amy Gerstler peoplepoetrypublish Change image and share on social
Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry. Adrian Mitchell audiencecommercialideal Change image and share on social
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. A. R. Ammons hundredimaginelive Change image and share on social
If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.' A. R. Ammons answercorrectiondisorder Change image and share on social
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam deephappinesshigh Change image and share on social
Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes. Octavio Paz chanceexperienceliberty Change image and share on social
