Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
Orson F. WhitneyThe fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.
Robert MorganPoetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.
Joseph BrodskyThe flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
Jean Giraudoux