The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of…

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.

— Robert Penn Warren

The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see.

— Robert Penn Warren

“Our contempt for any particular poem must be perfect, be total, because only a ruthless reading that allows us to measure the gap between…

— Ben Lerner

“…what I told them was 'a poem,' a thing made by a maker, a work of art, part history of long ago, part invention.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“A well-made poem is a little haunted house, a tangible dwelling place for the spirit”

— Daniel Veach

The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not…

— Edward Hirsch

When are we going to be together? Will you love me now or will it take forever? I Love you always with all my…

— Archie

I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem

— James Schuyler

“A poetic form is essentially a codified pattern of silence. We have a little silence at the end of a line, a bigger one…

— Don Paterson

“I get it, Will,” I finally whisper. “I get it. In the first line, when you said that death was the only thing inevitable…

— Colleen Hoover

“For the first time in my life, I understood the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe me.”

— Stephen Chbosky

and for the first time in my life I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe…

— Stephen Chbosky

Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something is by writing a poem. And sometimes I get to the end of…

— Sarah Kay

The speaker tentatively reaches out with that feeling and realizes that it's kind of absurd, or at least a dangerous consolation, which is what…

— Matthew Zapruder

“But the thing is that I can hear Sam and Craig having sex, and for the first time in my life, I understand the…

— Stephen Chbosky