Poetry is talking on tiptoe.

Oh, speak no ill of poetry, For 'tis a holy thing.

I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.

it takes a lot of desperation dissatisfaction and disillusion to write a few good poems.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops De tongue fires a riddim dat shoots like shots...

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power.

Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.

The prose is a museum where all the old weapons of poetry are kept.

The crown of literature is poetry.

The world is full of poetry.

Painting is silent poetry, poetry is eloquent painting.

A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.