#poem

The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital. ↗

— George Steiner

#being #brain #expression #heart #human

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances. ↗

— Douglas Dunn

#audience #expect #impact #nuances #poem

As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#friendly #i #i can #like #only

I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow. ↗

— Martin Gore

#i #just #music #poems #put

I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems. ↗

— Roger McGough

#computer #i #many #poems #switching

A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all. ↗

— Allen Tate

#any #conditions #history #instance #less

The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem. ↗

— Allen Tate

#before #bring #critic #evidence #finished

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#book #funny #funny way #intense #less

There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#adult #apprehension #becoming #excitement #great

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#every #i #into #me #myself