Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during a moment.
Poetry Quotes
When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock’s vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow: Not so when swift […]
I’ve written some poetry I don’t understand myself.
The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.
Sir, I admit your gen’ral rule, That every poet is a fool; But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. (When Matthew Prior wrote a poem describing every poet as a fool, Pope retaliated with this verse.)
Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
While pensive poets painful vigils keep – Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep.
The degree in which a poet’s imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.
