The people fancy they hate poetry, and they are all poets and mystics. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
The only people who still read poetry are poets, and they mostly read their own. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
“The perfect person does not exist. There is no woman or man you would meet who would make you write poetry. So… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the… — Elizabeth Drew Copy Share Image
“What’s the use of writing poetry for your peers? I don’t think I should sell my poetry to other poets. If that’s… — Harley King Copy Share Image
we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how… — Jan Clausen Copy Share Image
“Poetry is a poets work in clandestine chemistry and there is no ethic other than poethics!” — Dona Mayoora Copy Share Image
