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 Heaney