The trouble with us in America isn’t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy.
~ Louis Kronenberger – American literary critic and novelist 1904-1980
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“Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.” ~ Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton Born: June 27, 1936 – Died: February 13, 2010 – Poet, author
John Quincy Adams Quote
“I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.”
~ John Quincy Adams
Dancing is silent poetry. ~ Simonides (556-468bc)
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty of words. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.” ~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti
