Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization. Votes: 1
Orson F. WhitneyPoetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. Votes: 1
James FentonFor me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. Votes: 1
Tahar Ben JellounPoetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonWherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science, it is killed. Votes: 0
Joseph CampbellHistory, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy. Votes: 0
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron RothschildHistory gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel. Votes: 0
Simon SchamaDylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry. Votes: 0
Seamus HeaneyIt is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right. Votes: 0
Thomas CarlyleMore people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. Votes: 0
Andrew Motion