Quotes About Expression

think what you hope for is that at different times of your life you're able to write the poetry that reflects the moment that you're in on your own journey.

I myself always want to talk about "poetry," not "the poem."

I love indices! They are poetry in and of themselves, depending on the book.

Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments; its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to poetry.

Milton saw not, and Beethoven heard not, but the sense of beauty was upon them, and they fain must speak.

I thought of rhyme alone, For rhyme can beat a measure out of trouble And make the daylight sweet once more.

I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there's no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

I write, but I don't write poetry. I don't rhyme or anything like that.

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

Poetry is a diary kept by a sea creature who lives on land and wishes he could fly.

We saw a hole in the Chicago poetry scene that slam couldn't fill. I think a lot more can be done with the form than just competition.

Poetry is a break for freedom.

I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.

I don't think there's any essential difference, at least for me, between writing poetry and writing prose.

In poetry, rhythm is a priority above everything else.

Fiction and poetry expose intimate things from a person's life every bit as much as memoir does, and sometimes more. I don't quite see or live the distinction you are making about the forms.

Poetry is an art spoken, as if sung, in relation to other human beings.

Poetry must be simple, sensuous, or impassioned.

I was a serious poet for quite a while and had little notebooks filled with poetry.

God must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry.

People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. They prefer coherence, what's blunt and has clarity.

Ethics are no more a part of poetry than theyare of painting.

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.