Quotes by Poetry Is The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd. Mieczyslaw Jastrun absurd demand poetry-is All poetry is political, to some degree. Mike Young degrees political poetry-is Poetry is, above all, an approach to the truth of feeling. Muriel Rukeyser approach poetry-is feelings The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality. Muriel Rukeyser cutting poetry-is reality The act of making poetry is an act of hope. Natasha Trethewey poetry-is poetry Poetry is what makes the invisible appear. Nathalie Sarraute invisible poetry-is Poetry is prose in slow motion. Nicholson Baker slow-motion prose poetry-is Before you came Nizar Qabbani born poetry-is world Poetry is not truth, it is the resurrection of presences. Octavio Paz resurrection poetry-is Only in Russia poetry is respected - it gets people killed. Osip Mandelstam russia poetry-is people Poetry is an act of peace. Pablo Neruda poetry-is poetry Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not. Patti Smith mortals poetry-is remember Poetry is a sort of homecoming. Paul Celan homecoming poetry-is inspirational To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour Oscar Wilde ruined poetry-is self Poetry is good for unleashing images. Paula Rego unleashing poetry-is poetry Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. Percy Bysshe Shelley lightning poetry-is Poetry is either language lit up by life or life lit up by language Peter Porter lit language poetry-is Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are. Philip Larkin sanity affair poetry-is Poetry is always close kin to the impossible, isn't it? Reginald Shepherd poetry-is impossible Zen is poetry; poetry is Zen. Reginald Horace Blyth poetry-is «12345678910»