Quotes by Poetry 20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it. Diane Glancy break poetry earth Poetry is an act of distillation. It takes contingency samples, is selective. It telescopes time. It focuses what most often floods past us in a polite blur. Diane Ackerman telescopes poetry past Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language. Diane Ackerman language poetry memorable poetry had everything to teach me about life. Diane Ackerman teach poetry Poems come from incomplete knowledge. Diane Wakoski incomplete incomplete-knowledge poetry The poem, in a sense, is no more or less than a little machine for remembering itself ... Poetry is therefore primarily a commemorative act. Don Paterson machines poetry art Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium is syntax, grammar and logical continuity, which together form the carrier-wave of plain sense within which its deeper meanings are broadcast. Don Paterson rely-upon poetry art So we start with an oversignifying reader. Those texts that appear to reward this reader for this additional investment - text that we find exceptionally suggestive, apposite, or musical - are usually adjudged to be 'poetic'. ... The work of the poet is to contribute a text that will firstly invite such a reading; and secondly reward such a reading. Don Paterson poetry reading art Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. Don Marquis saws blind poetry I want to get rid of the Indian problem. [...] Our objective is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and there is no Indian Question and no Indian Department. Duncan Campbell Scott body poetry native-american Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry. D.T. Suzuki poetry expression use The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in. Dylan Thomas thunder gaps poetry Poetry is what makes my toenails twinkle. Dylan Thomas toenails poetry-is poetry Well, write poetry, for God's sake, it's the only thing that matters. e. e. cummings poetry sake writing A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. E. M. Forster poetry literature together One of the uses of poetry - one says it to oneself in distressing circumstances, ... or when one has to wait at railway stations, or when one cannot get to sleep at night. E. Nesbit poetry sleep night 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 veils poetry doe Now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened. e. e. cummings poetry nature eye No really sensible person ever remembers enough poetry to recite it. E. W. Howe poetry enough remember The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice. Earle Birney essentials voice poetry «4567891011121314»