“Poetry is the most mistaught subject in any school because we teach poetry by form and not by content.” SchoolFormPoetryEducationTeachSubjectsPoetry Is Book:Conversations with Nikki Giovanni Source: Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
“I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.” PoetrySubjectsPoetPoetry IsWantonBlithe Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“For me, poetry is a way of thinking, and like many poets, I'm driven by the idea of trying to find the impossible, perfect words: the words that will hold my subject.” ThinkingWayTryingIdeasPerfectImpossibleSubjectsPoetDrivenPoetry IsWay Of Thinking Author:James Arthur
“But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker's background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history.” WayLanguageInterestSubjectsBackgroundsPoetry IsMakersHobbiesUtteranceFixation Author:Thomas Lynch
“Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry.” SubjectsPoetry IsPreciseGeometry Author:Gustave Flaubert