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There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and the shape and the sound.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

One characteristic of modern poetry is that arrangement of parts which strikes many people as being violent or obscure.

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.

Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.

I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance.

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.

There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole purpose of the poem is to enable us to remember some information.