Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.

He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his poetry -…

— Subramanya Bharathi

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.

— Anonymous

Nearly everybody in San Francisco writes poetry. Few San Franciscans would admit this, but most of them would rather like to have their productions…

— Stella Benson

Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?

— Jay-Z

A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry with his…

— Eric Ludy

As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.

— Kathleen Rooney

Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry. When someone intrudes into the poet's life (and any sudden personal contact, whether in the bed or in…

— Jack Spicer

Water is the ink that writes the poetry of life.

— Alexandra Cousteau

The unconscious mind writes poetry if it's left alone.

— Stephen King

Indignation leads to the making of poetry. [Lat., Facit indignatio versum.]

— Juvenal

If you're angry, you don't have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be an angry…

— Jay Asher

Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!

— Arthur Rimbaud

The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white…

— Thomas Sowell

I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger…

— Mary Beard

“If I let myself think of it the pain and anger were still fresh, adrenalin racing down my limbs to pool, hot and itchy,…

— Kylie Ladd