Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far so fast in such a small space; you've got to burn away all the peripherals. Sylvia Plath burndisciplinefast Change image and share on social
Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant. Vikram Seth experienceexuberantfacet Change image and share on social
Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. Vladimir Nabokov involveirrationalmystery Change image and share on social
Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings. Mattie Stepanek angrybeautifulcare Change image and share on social
Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony. Horace Walpole artbeautifulexchange Change image and share on social
Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action. Juan Felipe Herrera actioncallpoetry Change image and share on social
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Khalil Gibran dashdealdictionary Change image and share on social
Poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home. Seamus Heaney artdomestichome Change image and share on social
Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. Tahar Ben Jelloun formhighlymathematics 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
