Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement.
Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.