“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.“

Robert Frost

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”

James Dickey

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”

Plutarch

 

“You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart.”

Carol Ann Duffy

“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.”

Khalil Gibran

“All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.”

Oscar Wilde