Poetry! poetry! the emptiest of all words, or the most significant,—the most frivolous of all things, or the most important. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people. – Macklemore

Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree. – Terri Guillemets, “From the Library to the Park,” 1993

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. – David Lee Roth