Poetry Quote Generator

“ Poetry is life distilled. ”

~Gwendolyn Brooks

“ Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty. ”

~Dennis Potter

“ Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. ”

~Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“ I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published. ”

~Sally Kirkland

“ Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well. ”

~Ajay Naidu

“ My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. ”

~Peter Davison