A genuine poet is one who writes about experiences before…

Every genuine poet is necessarily a Columbus. America existed for centuries before Columbus but it was only Columbus who was able to track it…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“The most life-changing experiences happen when I stop trying to control and simply let things unfold.”

— Rachel Macy Stafford

“When some things don’t work out, other things do. Some of life’s most memorable and fun experiences happen precisely because things don’t go as…

— Scott Stabile

“The remedy is not to suppress negative experiences; when they happen, they happen. Rather, it is to foster positive experiences—and in particular, to take…

— Rick Hanson

In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you're never caught off guard,…

— Helen Frankenthaler

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

— Suzy Kassem

“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

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

— Henry David Thoreau

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

“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

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

— Richard Eberhart

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

— Jeremy Limn