Narrated Ash-Sharid:
One day when I rode behind Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him), he said (to me): Do you remember any poetry of Umayyah ibn AbusSalt. I said: Yes. He said: Then go on. I recited a couplet and he said: Go on. Then I again recited a couplet and he said: Go on, I recited one hundred couplets (of his poetry). This hadith has been reported on the authority of Sharid through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas:
Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said: It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
We were going with Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him). As we reached the place (known as) Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting a poem. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a person with pus is better than stuffing his brain with poetry.
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib:
Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.