Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. Percy Bysshe Shelley happymindmoment 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 the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. Carl Sandburg biscuithyacinthpoetry Change image and share on social
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. Edwin Hubbel Chapin deepfeltheart Change image and share on social
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind. Lascelles Abercrombie artisticcommunitycreation Change image and share on social
Poetry is this gorgeous, complex history rendered in verse and song, a blueprint that can lead you back into the world after you've walked into air. Robin Coste Lewis airbackblueprint Change image and share on social
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. Thomas Gray breatheburnpoetry Change image and share on social
Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes. Joseph Roux clothepoetrysunday Change image and share on social
Poetry is what gets lost in translation. Robert Frost losepoetrytranslation Change image and share on social
Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems. Donald Hall findhaveimportant Change image and share on social
