BEST POETRY QUOTES

“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” – Carl Sandburg

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” – William Wordsworth

“In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.” – Wallace Stevens

“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” – W.H. Auden

“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” – Robert Frost

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost

“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” – T.S. Eliot

“Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.” – T.S. Eliot

“To see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” – William Blake

“Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.” – Pablo Neruda SELF SEARCHING QUOTES

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.” – Robert Frost

“Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement.” – Christopher Fry

“A true poet is one who can appreciate the ordinary, find the extraordinary in the mundane, and be inspired by the smallest of details.” – Unknown

“Poetry is an art, a skill, and a discipline, but it is also a way of life—an attitude, a belief in the power of words and their ability to move and transform.” – Unknown

“Poetry is not a turning away from the world, but rather a turning towards it, an exploration and celebration of life’s mysteries and complexities.” – Unknown

“Poetry is the music of words, the language of the soul, and the voice of the heart.” – Unknown

“Poetry is the key that unlocks the door to our deepest emotions, our truest selves, and the infinite possibilities of the universe.” – Unknown

“Poetry is the language of dreams and desires, of hopes and fears, of love and loss, of joy and pain—a mirror that reflects the beauty and chaos of the human experience.” – Unknown

“The poet’s task is to distill the essence of life into words, to capture the fleeting moments and eternal truths, and to share them with the world.” – Unknown