The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
Mahmoud DarwishIt is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.
Peter DavisonMy mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs.
Philip LevinePoetry 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 EyreBleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it.
Simon CallowI 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