Robert Frost said

[ironymaiden]

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

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[frabjousdave.livejournal.com]

Wordsworth said poetry is "a spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion recollected in tranquility."

I prefer the Frost.

[ironymaiden]

me too. i like it when poetry works like a song in a good book musical - compressing twenty minutes of plot forwarding/character revealing dialogue into one minute of singing. i'm pleased when it crosses my path.

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

When I have some time, I think I'll add a quotations bar to chrysalisdreams.

^_^