There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. Use this quote
I do actually dabble in a bit of poetry! And I'm yet to pen a script, but it is something that I've been telling myself I want to do. Use this quote
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way. Use this quote
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. Use this quote
No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. Use this quote
In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. Use this quote
Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say. Use this quote
I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. Use this quote
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. Use this quote
Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few. Use this quote
I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. Use this quote
In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself. Use this quote
The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female. Use this quote
The cliche is dead poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is composing for the breath. Use this quote
You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it. Use this quote
Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners. Use this quote
Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse. Use this quote
How do poems grow? They grow out of your life. Use this quote
On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton. Use this quote
