There are times when we run out of ideas, or simply come up against the invisible wall of nonexpression other creative types have fought against throughout the ages. When that happens, sometimes it’s a comfort to turn to the words of others for succour and inspiration. So in an effort to get the creative juices flowing, here are some of the ideas other folks have had about just what poetry is and how it works:
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost
I”I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“If I didn’t write poetry, I think I’d explode.” – Charles Causley
“Wine is bottled poetry.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
How useful these sentiments are is debatable. One thing is certain: the uncertainty rages on…
