Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I think it's true to say that in 1973 I could read every book of poems that was published in a year,… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“They're not. That's partly what's so awful. I mean they're not real poets. They're just people that write poems that get published… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
My first book of poems was published privately in 1949. That was my mother. The book was '25 Poems.' It cost 200 dollars. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Maybe lurking in my unconscious was the idea that when someone's collected poems are published it means that the poet is dead.… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
I had no idea, when I was writing early on, that my poems would be published or read by anyone, never mind… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
When Emily Dickinson's poems were published in the 1890s, they were a best-seller; the first book of her poems went through eleven… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
