I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll. Adrian Mitchell
Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry. Georges Braque
Well, I write a lot of poetry - that's where it usually all starts. I definitely want to show you guys sides of me - love, loss, heartbreak - all of that good stuff! Tristan Wilds
Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life. John Betjeman
For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men. Giorgos Seferis
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it. Robert Penn Warren
My father had wanted to name me for Dylan Thomas. He had seen him speak on one of those drunken poetry tours he did. Dylan Walsh
I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits. J. Carter Brown
I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about. Marcus Mumford
I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican. Stevie Smith
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet. Stevie Smith
Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere. James Martineau
There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library. Anthony Hecht
What is poetry which does not save nations or people? Czeslaw Milosz
Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living. Vanessa Redgrave
I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene. Peter Porter
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate. John Denham
Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. Bernie Taupin
You don't go after poetry, you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work. Phyllis Gotlieb
This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks. People thought that I was an actress because of my delivery, when I was just dropping into the work and really pouring out my soul. Sonja Sohn