A poem is never finished, only abandoned. Paul Valery abandonfinishpoem Change image and share on social
You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions. Ken Jennings boardcategoryconcept share on social
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. Diane Wakoski americanbritishdistinguish Change image and share on social
Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life. John Betjeman lifeluxurymodern Change image and share on social
An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. Raymond Chandler ageclevernessdecadence Change image and share on social
When I was a young man, I understood that poetry was two things - it was difficult to understand, but you could understand that the poet was miserable. So for a while there, I wrote poems that were hard to understand, even by me, but gave off whiffs of misery. Billy Collins difficultgivehard share on social
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. Peter Steele baddefinitionexecute Change image and share on social
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. Salvatore Quasimodo believefeltinterior Change image and share on social
Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies. F. Sionil Jose emotiongriefhuman Change image and share on social
