Witty and inspiring quotations about poetry in honour of National Poetry Day
As it’s National Poetry Day here in the UK (held in early October every year, usually on the first or second Thursday in the month), we’ve gathered together some of our favourite quotations (or quotes, depending on your preference) about poetry and poets, from the poetry of the everyday to the big philosophical questions which poetry presents us with. Where we’ve included a link on the author’s name, you’ll find more information about them – interesting facts, more quotations, or biographical material. We hope you enjoy the quotations.
There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either. – Robert Graves
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. – Edgar Allan Poe
There is no Frigate like a Book / To take us Lands away, / Nor any Coursers like a Page / Of prancing Poetry. – Emily Dickinson
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. – T. S. Eliot
If you tell a novelist, ‘Life’s not like that’, he has to do something about it. The poet simply replies, ‘No, but I am.’ – Philip Larkin
