Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself. Poetry can't be used for manipulation; it's why you never see good poetry in advertising.
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
Poetry is a release of something previously unknown into the visible. You write to invite that, to make of yourself a gathering of the unexpected and, with luck, of the unexpectable.
Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.