Poetry Quotes

Poetry, music, and silence.

Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.

The more transparent the writing, the more visible the poetry.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

I will always be the one who made you into poetry.

Dance is the body’s poetry.

Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.

There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.

My secrets must be poetic to be believable.