Gradually I find that my whole soul is merging itself into this business of writing, and especially of writing poetry. I am going to try it; and am going to test, in the most rigid way I know, the awful question whether it is my vocation. Sidney Lanier awfulbusinessfind share on social
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
I never had much education in English poetry as such. Anne Carson educationenglishpoetry 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
In Bonn, where I studied for a year, I changed from classical to Romance philology, taught there by its great founder, F. Diez, and at the beginning of 1852, I received the doctorate for a dissertation on the refrain in Provencal poetry. Paul Heyse beginbonnchange share on social
Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time. Christopher Fry attentiondrawbackfull Change image and share on social
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it. Jack Prelutsky adultpoetryread Change image and share on social
