The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. Use this quote
Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course. Use this quote
I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I'm glad that I did it. Use this quote
A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do. Use this quote
Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one. Use this quote
I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry. Use this quote
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. Use this quote
Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. Use this quote
Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. Use this quote
"Therefore" is a word the poet must not know. 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
And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry. Use this quote
Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos. Use this quote
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. Use this quote
No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results? Use this quote
Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process. Use this quote
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. Use this quote
A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does. Use this quote
I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry. Use this quote
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out. Use this quote
