Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head. — Christopher Logue
Poetry is the rhythmic, inevitably narrative, movement from an overclothed blindness to — Dylan Thomas
Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It’s so physical; the musicality becomes — Alison Hawthorne Deming
Writing poetry is the only form of literary labour which gives me entire satisfaction. — Peter Porter
For me, poetry is a situation – a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. — Tahar Ben Jelloun