Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line. — Theodore Roethke Copy Share Image
There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness. — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
Usually a poem takes shape accoustically - a line or a pair of lines will repeat itself in my ear. — Thomas Lynch Copy Share Image
In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book.… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
Readers bring their own experiences, their own range of - their own wisdom, their own knowledge, their own insights to poem and… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
My advice to the reader approaching a poem is to make the mind still and blank. Let the poem speak. This charged… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
