I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
A poem with grandly conceived and executed stanzas, such as one of Keats's odes, should be like an enfilade of rooms in… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
See it was like this when we waltz into this place. A couple of papish cats is doing an Aztec two-step And… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a… — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
"Poetry" refers to the quite challenging and quite resistant sets of words put together to be admired and interpreted by people who… — Stephen Burt Copy Share Image
People get anxious about dividing sorts of poetry, say Confessionalism from political poetry. But Confessionalism is very much an expression of racial… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
The terrible poetry of human nudity, I understand it at last, I who tremble for the first time in trying to read… — Rachilde Copy Share Image
“We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You may ... make a little recreation of poetry, in the midst of your painful studies. Nevertheless, I cannot but advise you.… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
My verse your virtues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens write yourglorious name. Where, whenas death shall allthe world subdue, Our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Learn to use your third eye and you’ll be able to see beyond the sky. There is no limit, except that which… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“Little Cinder Girl, they can't understand you. You rise from the as-heap in a blaze and only then do they recognize you… — Jeannine Hall Gailey Copy Share Image
“the worst thing that ever happened to the world was the white man coming across gun powder. –– the end of the… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
I'm not against ambition and reach, but if you can say it in four lines, why waste your time saying it in… — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
That's kind of the challenging thing about writing an inaugural poem. You're speaking to everyone, but you don't also want to speak… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
“By the craggy hill-side, Through the mosses bare, They have planted thorn-trees For pleasure here and there. If any man so daring… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
“When did we revert back to sticks and shields, Uniform uniforms, stylized agenda reveals, Hiding behind glass with nods to our reflection,… — Ross Caligiuri Copy Share Image
