The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
Mahmoud DarwishPoetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyNaming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.
Richard EyreI wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.
Stephen ColbertPoetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.
Steve EarleAnybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.
Seamus HeaneyRhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
Victor Hugo