The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy. Use this quote
A grain of poetry suffices to season a century. Use this quote
As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide. Use this quote
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer. Use this quote
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. Use this quote
I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life. Use this quote
However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. Use this quote
That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been. Use this quote
I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do. Use this quote
A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups. Use this quote
So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday. Use this quote
Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty. Use this quote
Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. Use this quote
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. Use this quote
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. Use this quote
Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry. Use this quote
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. Use this quote
I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry,' Use this quote
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. Use this quote
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. Use this quote
