I don't know where a poem comes from until after I've lived with it a long time. I've a notion that a… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
“no poet can know what his poem is going to be like until he has written it.” — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
Learn poetry by heart. If you know a poem by heart, no one can take it away from you, and you can… — Raymond Aubrac Copy Share Image
“Do you know what a poem is, Esther?' No, what?' I would say. A piece of dust.' Then, just as he was… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Poets, if they're genuine, must keep repeating "I don't know." Each poem marks an effort to answer this statement, but as soon… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
But at some point, you know that - you know what poem keeps going through my mind is, "first they came for… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it's there for itself, for what… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
