Poetry Information

Top 20 Poetry Quotations


Explore the meaning of poetry and the motivation of poets with this special collection of evocative quotations...

  • "A poet is someone who is astonished by everything."
    -- Anonymous

  • "Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry."
    -- Georges Brague

  • "The poet doesn't invent. He listens. "
    --Jean Cocteau

  • " In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite."
    -- Paul Dirac

  • " Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood."
    -- T. S. Eliot

  • "The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem."
    -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • " There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it."
    -- Gustave Flaubert

  • "A poem begins with a lump in the throat. "
    --Robert Frost

  • " Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement."
    -- Christopher Fry

  • " There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either."
    -- Robert Ranke Graves

  • " Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul."
    -- Henrik Ibsen

  • " When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."
    -- John F. Kennedy

  • "Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind."
    --Thomas Babington Macaulay

  • "The poem is the point at which our strength gave out. "
    --Richard Rosen

  • " Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know."
    -- Joseph Roux

  • "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. "
    --Percy Byshe Shelley

  • "Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. "
    --Charles Simic

  • "A poem is never finished, only abandoned. "
    --Paul Valéry

  • " Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls."
    -- Voltaire

  • "Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge."
    -- William Wordsworth

    Resource Box - © Danielle Hollister (2004) is the Publisher of BellaOnline Quotations Zine - A free newsletter for quote lovers featuring more than 10,000 quotations in dozens of categories like - love, friendship, children, inspiration, success, wisdom, family, life, and many more. Read it online at - http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art8364.asp

      


    MORE RESOURCES:

    Poetry: A poet's poise in the face of evil
    OregonLive.com
    By Special to The Oregonian Poets who write the poetry of poise have an interest in the clarity of discovery, a desire to be immersed in the lyric values of the past in order to communicate with the future, and also a belief that the role of the poet ...



    DAWN.com

    When militants become poets
    DAWN.com
    But her poetry won many hearts. It forced Allama Iqbal to confer on her the title of Khatoon-i-Ajam (Woman of the East) and to place her in the company of Mansur Al-Hallaj and Ghalib. The book I am holding in my hands – “Poetry of the Taliban” – may ...
    Poetry of the Taliban - reviewThe Guardian
    Taliban poetry, mourn the dead boy, curse the naked “daughter of the west”Reuters Blogs (blog)
    Taliban Reveal Their Human Side in a Controversial Collection of Afghanistan ...PolicyMic

    all 4 news articles »


    Affrilacian poet address Transylvania graduates
    Lexington Herald Leader
    Affrilachian poet Bianca Spriggs, a 2003 Transylvania graduate, performed a poetry reading accompanied by graduating senior Caleb Ritchie on keyboard. Spriggs talked to the students about measuring time in non-traditional ways, such as remembering how ...



    Dogfish Head announces prizes, guidelines for poetry contest
    Cape Gazette
    The 10th Annual Dogfish Head Poetry Prize for the winning chapbook-length poetry manuscript by a poet residing on the Delmarva Peninsula will include $200, two cases of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Beer, chapbook publication, 10 copies of the chapbook (in ...



    National Post

    Cadence Weapon uses his poetic licence on Hope in Dirt City
    National Post
    Becoming Edmonton's poet laureate was probably the best thing that could have happened for Rollie Pemberton's rap game. Also known as Cadence Weapon, Pemberton released two well-received and Polaris Prize-nominated albums, 2005′s Breaking Kayfabe and ...

    and more »


    Boston.com

    Acclaimed literary scholar and author Paul Fussell dies at 88
    Bend Bulletin
    “Great War and Modern Memory” used the work of English poets and authors to demonstrate how war is romanticized and idealized, turned into moral and religious parable, and what happens when the reality of war overwhelms the dream of it.
    Paul Fussell, curmudgeonly essayist and scholar, dies at 88Washington Post
    Paul Fussell, 88, author and Penn professor emeritusPhiladelphia Inquirer

    all 172 news articles »


    The News International

    Faiz's poetry in German, Urdu languages launched
    Pakistan Daily Times
    By Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: Goethe Institut launched a bilingual book of poems entitled 'Jub Tera Samandar Ankoh Main' featuring poems in Urdu and German languages by renowned poet of the country, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, at a ceremony at the Institut on Friday ...
    A German touch to Faiz's poemDAWN.com
    Revisiting the sublime legacy of FaizThe News International

    all 3 news articles »


    Be a part of the first ever Sidewalk Poetry event in Grand Rapids
    Herald Review
    In some regards, it can be called the Poetry First Friday, complete with open microphone readings, the city's first ever Sidewalk Poetry contest, and a visit from Minnesota Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen. Sutphen will be holding a poetry workshop at the ...



    'Poetry is all about the journey'
    Waterloo Record
    WATERLOO — If you suffer from “poetry anxiety,” there's a simple, non-medical solution. “Poetry anxiety is the fear that the metaphysical will be inaccessible, that we will not get the poem,” says Tanis MacDonald, an award-winning poet and an ...

    and more »


    Miranda Pepin '14 Recites Her Way To Poetry Out Loud National Finals
    The Choate News
    By Ian MacDougald'13, News Reporter Last week, May 13-15, Miranda Pepin '14 competed in the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington DC after winning the Choate and state of Connecticut recitation competitions. The seventh national contest took ...


    Google News

  • Article List | Index | Site Map
    All logos, trademarks and articles on this site are property and copyright of their respective owner(s).
    The comments are property of their posters, all the rest is Copyright © 2006 CanadaSEEK.com - All Rights Reserved.