Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau indispensableknowpoetry Change image and share on social
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. Karl Shapiro experienceinnocentlearn Change image and share on social
Poetry is its own medium; it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching an environment. Story Musgrave catchenvironmentimagistic Change image and share on social
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen ashburnevidence Change image and share on social
Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. Rita Dove distilllanguagepoetry Change image and share on social
Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers. Yevgeny Yevtushenko birdfrontierignore Change image and share on social
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is. James Branch Cabell manpoetryrebellion Change image and share on social
Poetry is meant to inspire readers and listeners, to connect them more deeply to themselves even as it links them more fully to others. But many people feel put off by the terms of poetry, its odd vocabulary, its notorious difficulty. Edward Hirsch connectdeeplydifficulty share on social
