I love poetry - just to read it and be around it.

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn…

— James Dickey

Everybody can write poetry, just like everybody knows how to make love.

— Gao Xingjian

What I see of the US Presidential elections from down here makes me want to disengage from that particular reality and just hole up…

— Francisco Goldman

Too much to write... Just read it.

— Anonymous

Why do I bother claling up people when I can just read this!

— Deon

“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.”

— Samuel Butler

In its use of words poetry is just the reverse of science. Very definite thoughts do occur, but not because the words are so…

— David Daiches

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's…

— Jane Campion

Most poetry just confounds me. I really want to like it, but I can't help thinking it's a hoax. (p. 24)

— Stephan Pastis

“And then there is, of course, always, and inevitably, this spume of poetry that's just blowing out of the sulphurous flue-holes of the earth.…

— Nicholson Baker

I'd say people do need some help with poetry because I think poetry just helps takes us to places that Americans aren't always accustomed…

— Edward Hirsch

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

— Anonymous

Poetry, just because it is poetry, doesn't mean it is some kind of magic spell.

— Franz Wright

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry…

— David Whyte

It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into…

— Criss Jami