"A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning." ~ James Dickey
"Poetry is not a stationary object but a kinetic act, in which something is transferred from somebody to somebody else." ~ Ashbery
"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom." ~ Robert Frost
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness." ~ Robert Frost
"Poets are people who become utterly dedicated to the threshold where silence & language meet." - John O'Donohue
"Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history." ~ Plato
