Quotes by Poetry The word "Verse" is used here as the term most convenient for expressing, and without pedantry, all that is involved in the consideration of rhythm, rhyme, meter, and versification... the subject is exceedingly simple; one tenth of it, possibly may be called ethical; nine tenths, however, appertains to the mathematics. Edgar Allan Poe poetry simple may The earnings of a poet could be reckoned by a metaphysician rather than a bookkeeper. Edward Dahlberg poet poetry earning Poetry never loses its appeal. Sometimes its audience wanes and sometimes it swells like a wave. But the essential mystery of being human is always going to engage and compel us. We're involved in a mystery. Poetry uses words to put us in touch with that mystery. We're always going to need it. Edward Hirsch essentials poetry needs Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. Edmund Burke shadow poetry art The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton pages poetry long There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. Edward Young logic poetry literature He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton temples poetry writing Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. Edwin Hubbel Chapin oracles poetry heart You speak Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton feds poetry speak A person born with an instinct for poverty. Elbert Hubbard instinct poverty poetry We can't separate our humanity from our poetry. Elizabeth Barrett Browning poetry humanity Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry. Elizabeth Janeway poetry ignorance hurt If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson poetry taken writing Poetry must be simple, sensuous, or impassioned. Emma Lazarus impassioned poetry simple It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and the abstract. This misconception has been foisted upon us by mediaeval logic. Art and poetry deal with the concrete of nature, not with separate 'particulars,' for such rows do not exist. Ernest Fenollosa poetry mistake art A mighty good sausage stuffer was spoiled when the man became a poet. Eugene Field sausage poetry men When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry. Eve Merriam terrible poetry beautiful In verse one can take any damn constant one likes, one can alliterate, or assone, or rhyme, or quant, or smack, only one MUST leave the other elements irregular. Ezra Pound elements likes poetry Poetry is a very complex art.... It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols. Ezra Pound poetry sound art To break the pentameter, that was the first heave Ezra Pound break poetry firsts «678910111213141516»