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Poetry Quotes & Sayings

poetry-Feel you the barren flattery

Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme? Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread, By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed?
- George Crabbe

poetry-Poetry is the utterance of

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth-the true poet is very near the oracle.
- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

poetry-Poetry is the rhythmical creation

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
- Edgar Allan Poe

poetry-Poetry is a packsack of

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.
- Carl Sandburg

poetry-With me poetry has not

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
- Edgar Allan Poe

poetry-A poet dares be just

A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
- E B White

poetry-A good poem is a

A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.
- Dylan Thomas

poetry-Poetry is the journal of

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
- Carl Sandburg

poetry-Poetry is plucking at the

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

poetry-The courage of the Poet

The courage of the Poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
- Christopher Morley

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