I don't want to bury anything in poetry. Sharon Van Etten burypoetry Change image and share on social
I think poetry is able to say things in such a small, perfect way that are so hard to say. I think it's a perfect medium for expressing difficult ideas and concepts and feelings. It's one of my great loves. Jerry Hall conceptdifficultexpress share on social
Surrealism is not a poetry but a poetics, and even more, and more decisively, a world vision. Octavio Paz decisivelypoeticpoetry Change image and share on social
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. Edward Young admireexplainlogic Change image and share on social
Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear. Ellen Hopkins beautyearessence Change image and share on social
Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. Mark Strand endfilterfinally Change image and share on social
I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and giving it to someone else to unwrap. It just doesn't work like that. Mark Haddon givepoetryquestion Change image and share on social
Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. Beverley Nichols bookchaptermarriage Change image and share on social
I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months. Tom Wesselmann dealmonthpoetry Change image and share on social
I never had much education in English poetry as such. Anne Carson educationenglishpoetry Change image and share on social
