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To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the read more

The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.

by Lionel Trilling Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call read more

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.

by Rainer Maria Rilke Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

by Mikhail Dudan Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, read more

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

by T. S. Eliot Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

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