“Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle.”– Edwin Hubbel Chapin Related Quotes “And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.”– Mark Strand “I don’t think I’ve ever read poetry, ever.”– Eminem “The crown of literature is poetry.”– W. Somerset Maugham