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    The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, "Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.".

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The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

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Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..

Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..

by Ogden Nash Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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The true poem is the poet's mind.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

by John Keats Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production read more

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind .

by Lascelles Abercrombie Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

by Richard Rosen Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

by Robert Graves Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the read more

The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.

by Lionel Trilling Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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