1611 in Literature - Poetry

Famous quotes containing the word poetry:

“Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)

“Most people ignore most poetry
because
most poetry ignores most people.”
—Adrian Mitchell (b. 1932)

“Like a poetry lesson til sooner
Or later it faltered at the line where”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)