poetry Quotes

Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.

He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech.

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.

I write poetry in order to live more fully.

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing.

I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.

I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn’t poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.

I’m looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long.

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.