Poetry is philosophy's sister, the one that wears makeup..
The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English..
To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour.
The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person..
Love is the reality, and poetry is the drum..
Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation..
The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat..
Poetry is life distilled..
Poetry is not a luxury..
Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it..
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas th….
The poetry is myself..
Before you came the world was prose. Now poetry is born..
What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it..
Poetry is not a waiting room where one stays overnight...every word is war..
Poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge..
Honestly, I can't understand English poetry. Because I am not an English speaker, when I read it I never know how to read it in the right rhythm..
I think poetry is best read to oneself..
"Confessional poetry" is another one of those labels. It goes in and out of fashion..
Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty..
Poetry is what happens when nothing else can..