I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. Use this quote
I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that. Use this quote
The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape? Use this quote
Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. Use this quote
I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it. Use this quote
So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. Use this quote
I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to. Use this quote
You don't go after poetry, you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work. Use this quote
Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves. Use this quote
He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion. 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
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career. Use this quote
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. Use this quote
In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself. Use this quote
How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry. Use this quote
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. Use this quote
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it. Use this quote
I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about. Use this quote
When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence. Use this quote
The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring. Use this quote
