“Poetry is its own medium; it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense; it has particular ways of catching an environment.” WayWritingDifferentEnvironmentParticularMediumsProsePoetry IsCatchingProse Poetry Author:Story Musgrave
“You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.” KnowsWayMatterEarsPoetry Is Author:Vikram Seth
“Poetry is a kind of distilled insinuation. It's a way of expanding and talking around an idea or a question. Sometimes, more actually gets said through such a technique than a full frontal assault.” WayKindSaidIdeasSometimesTalkingTechniquePoetry IsAssaultExpanding Book:Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries Source: Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries
“Poetry is the plough that turns up time in such a way that the abyssal strata of time, its black earth, appear on the surface.” WayEarthTurnsBlackSurfacePoetry Is Author:Osip Mandelstam
“Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.” WayLoveLifeWritingPoetryPoetry IsThroat Author:Robert Frost