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Poetry Quotes


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

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

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

"Therefore" is a word the poet must not know.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.