“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” – Robert Frost
“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“The poet is the priest of the invisible.” – Wallace Stevens
“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” – W. H. Auden
“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” – William Wordsworth
“The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person.” – Donald Hall
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” – Carl Jung
“Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement.” – Christopher Fry
“The poet doesn’t invent. He listens.” – Jean Cocteau
“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.” – Plato
“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.” – Samuel Johnson
“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.” – Audre Lorde
“Poetry is what is lost in translation.” – Robert Frost
“Poetry is the supreme reality, the one art form that speaks directly to the heart.” – Helen Vendler
“The world is full of poetry, but it is also full of people who don’t notice it.” – W. H. Auden
“A poem is a fight against the silence.” – Carlos Drummond de Andrade
“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.” – Carl Jung
“Poetry is an act of discovery.” – Marie Howe
“Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge.” – William Wordsworth
“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” – Kahlil Gibran
“A good poem is a contribution to the world.” – W. H. Auden
“Poetry is the statement of a relation between a man and the world.” – Wallace Stevens
“In poetry, there are no rules.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the art of creating something from nothing.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the music of the soul, and above all, of great and passionate souls.” – Ludwig van Beethoven
“Poetry is not only a personal expression, it is a universal expression.” – Edward Hirsch
“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.” – James Dickey
“Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds in common with all mankind.” – William Hazlitt
“Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Poetry is the art of creating beauty with words, capturing the soul and the essence of life.” – Unknown
“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.” – Paul Valéry
“Poetry is when you tell the truth with a little extra beauty.” – Unknown
“Poetry is not the words you say, but how you say them.” – Unknown
“Poetry is a language that tells us, through a more than ordinary use of words, something we did not know.” – Jeanette Winterson
“A poem is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.” – Robert Frost
“Poetry is the voice of the soul.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the echo of the soul’s deepest thoughts.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the art of making words dance.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the art of revealing a deeper truth hidden in the ordinary.” – Unknown
“Poetry is an act of liberation.” – Unknown
“The poet’s duty is to make the world as beautiful as possible, with words.” – Unknown
“Poetry is a way of seeing life through the lens of emotions.” – Unknown
“Poetry is an outlet for the soul to speak what words cannot.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the bridge between the tangible and the intangible.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the exploration of words that hold deep meaning and bring emotion.” – Unknown
“The best poems come from the heart, not the pen.” – Unknown
“Poetry is the art of discovering beauty in the smallest of things.” – Unknown
“Poetry is a journey that takes you deep into the unknown, yet leaves you knowing more about yourself.” – Unknown