We don’t know what exact magic is carried by a rhyming sequence of words, but no one would ever deny that it is just there. Something truly majestic happens when you take some words, rhyme them, hide a deeper meaning between the lines, and then share those delicious words with like-minded people. It’s like the same bland words shine anew, and even such a simple word as a potato might now sound like something ethereal, meaningful, and purely awe-inspiring. However, as you can see, our thesis on poetry is a bit simplistic, so why don’t we check out what some slightly more experienced people had to say about this phenomenon of language? A good place to start analyzing the power of the verse would be, of course, our list of the most interesting poetry quotes that we’ve gathered from all around the internet.
So, what should you expect from these smart quotes? Well, for starters, they will try to reveal the true impact that poetry has on people. And here we thought it was something unexplainable, like magic! Then, the very same poetry quotes, while doing their job of explaining, might ignite a certain kind of fire in you, one that burns for rhyming and hidden meanings. Don’t say that we didn’t warn you! And all you have to do is to read our selection of the best quotes on poetry.
Are you ready, dear poetry connoisseurs? If so, scroll down below and check out the beautiful and inspiring quotes in our list. Give your vote for the most touching quotes and share this article with your friends. Yes, even those who have never read a poem in their lives!
#121
"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
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#122
"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
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#123
"A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances." ― Douglas Dunn
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#124
"Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted." ― Percy Bysshe Shelley
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#125
"Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems." ― John Barton
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#126
“No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?“ ― John Barton
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#127
“Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.“ ― A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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#128
“I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.“ ― Pablo Neruda
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#129
"Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear." ― Ellen Hopkins
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#130
"Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of furniture that should be judged as to their usefulness, elegance." ― F. Sionil Jose
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#131
"Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down." ― Mahmoud Darwish
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#132
"Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it's always been the language of bridges." ― Amanda Gorman
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#133
"When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else." ― Joy Harjo
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#134
"How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see?" ― Maria Montessori
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#135
“If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.” ― Seamus Heaney
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#136
“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.” ― W.H. Auden
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#137
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.“ ― Soren Kierkegaard
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#138
“Poetry is the deification of reality.“ ― Edith Sitwell
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#139
"Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry." ― Muriel Rukeyser
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#140
"The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life." ― Robert Penn Warren
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