Poetry Quotes

When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Poets aren't very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..
- Ogden Nash

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
- Carl Sandburg

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
- Novalis

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.
- Mikhail Dudan

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.
- Maxwell Bodenheim

The job of the poet is to render the world-to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.
- Mark Van Doren

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
- Marianne Moore

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.
- Carl Sandburg

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
- Marianne Moore