Metaphor and Simile Quotes

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.

Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.

As a schoolboy, poetry seemed defined by preciousness. It was all very rarefied.

Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire.

Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.

I find great consolation in having a lot of poetry books around. I believe that writing poetry and reading it are deeply intertwined. I've always delighted in the company of the poets I've read.

It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking powerful associations, by offering the right stimuli to our nerves (in the right degree and the right order), and by the very beat and vowel-melody and length and brevity of your sentences, you must bring it about that we, we readers, not you, exclaim, 'how mysterious!' or 'loathsome' or whatever it is. Let me taste for myself, and you'll have no need to tell me how I should react.

One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.

Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.

Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.