A successful poem says what a poet wants to say, and more, with particular finality. The remarks he makes about his poems… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“It is, of course, we who house poems as much as their words, and we ourselves must be the locus of poetry's… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
“To write or read a poem is . . . to enter into a different kind of thought world from our normal… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
A poem is good if it contains a new analogy and startles the reader out of the habit of treating words as… — T. E. Hulme Copy Share Image
Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
Shaw...has a woman ever asked you to write a poem for her?" "Good God, no," Gideon replied with a snicker. "Shaws don't… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
