A poet writes what they see every day, what they know…

I'm not a writer that writes every day. I just kind of have ideas. I jot them down when I have them, and when…

— Dee Rees

“The poet writes the history of his own body.”

— Henry David Thoreau

My work is very dear to me, and certainly I have had all the emotional highs and lows that go with trying to get…

— Daniel Handler

“King writes every day of the year, including his birthday and holidays, and he almost never lets himself quit before he reaches his daily…

— Mason Currey

“A genuine poet is one who writes about experiences before they happen to him.”

— T.S Eliot

The whole race is a poet that writes down / The eccentric propositions of its fate.

— Wallace Stevens

“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.”

— Suzy Kassem

If a poet writes to save his soul, he may save the soul of others.

— Richard Eberhart

“Poetry is no rocket science, a good poet writes from his heart!”

— Saru Singhal

A backward poet writes inverse.

— Nikhil Saluja

Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.

— Yehuda Amichai

“Whether if you're a beginner poet or an experienced poet, poets just as other writers would like to have more readers enjoy their work.…

— Reynaldo Casison

An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to…

— Stephen Spender

The poet who writes "free" verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and darning for…

— W. H. Auden

A poet writes his words into breath the oxygen moulds a relentless force stronger than death.

— Jeremy Limn