Poetry
- 2009 — Mark Strand
- 2003 — W. S. Merwin
- 1997 — John Ashbery
- 1991 — Richard Wilbur
- 1985 — Robert Penn Warren
- 1979 — Archibald MacLeish
- 1973 — John Crowe Ransom
- 1968 — W. H. Auden
- 1963 — William Carlos Williams
- 1958 — Conrad Aiken
- 1953 — Marianne Moore
- 1939 — Robert Frost
- 1929 — Edwin Arlington Robinson
- 1911 — James Whitcomb Riley
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Famous quotes containing the word poetry:
“Thus all probable reasoning is nothing but a species of sensation. ‘Tis not solely in poetry and music, we must follow our taste and sentiment, but likewise in philosophy, When I am convinc’d of any principle, ‘tis only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“There is only beauty—and it has only one perfect expression—Poetry. All the rest is a lie—except for those who live by the body, love, and, that love of the mind, friendship.... For me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itself, and because its sensual delight falls back deliciously in my soul.”
—Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)
“Herein is the explanation of the analogies, which exist in all the arts. They are the re-appearance of one mind, working in many materials to many temporary ends. Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakspeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. Painting was called “silent poetry,” and poetry “speaking painting.” The laws of each art are convertible into the laws of every other.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)