Quotes about Poetry

Quote from “Lost To The Abyss?” forums.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/15607

Be prepared for the next time
when pregnant thoughts give birth;
have a pen and paper ready.
Then all can read of their worth!

Paul Holmes

Quote from “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (2010)”

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Maya Angelou

Quote from “Boy: Tales Of Childhood”

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this particular writer absolutely drained. For those two hours he has been miles away, he has been somewhere else, in a different place with totally different people, and the effort of swimming back into normal surroundings is very great.

Roald Dahl

Quote from “Preface To Lyrical Ballads (1800)”

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

William Wordsworth