Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words.
Anatole Broyard
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
Jean de la Bruyere
Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and... →
William C. Bryant
Eloquence is the poetry of prose.
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.
James Buchan
The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and... →
Basil Bunting
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
Edmund Burke
There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind.
Bo Burnham
I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to... →
Candace Bushnell
In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems.
Tony Buzan