All MARY OLIVER Quotes about “Poetry”

“Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.”
“Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.”
“Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context; almost everything, in the end, passes. But the desire to make a poem, and the world's willingness to receive it--indeed the world's need of it--these never pass.”
“Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context; almost everything, in the end, passes. But the desire to make a poem, and the world's willingness to receive it--indeed the world's need of it--these never pass.”
“Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude.”
“Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude.”

More Mary Oliver quote about:

You may also like: