Quotes by Reading Poetry If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson reading-poetry fire book Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing. James Tate reading-poetry editing needs We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. John Fowles reading-poetry poetry writing Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. John Keats reading-poetry remembrance inspirational Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Khalil Gibran reading-poetry pain joy Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. Paul Engle reading-poetry skins ideas Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Paul Engle reading-poetry language-and-power ordinary Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. Rita Dove reading-poetry powerful language Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. T. S. Eliot reading-poetry writing art
