With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I have to interweave my poetry with purpose. For me, that purpose is to help people, and to shed a light on… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
Prose exists to convey meaning, and no meaning such as prose conveys can be expressed as well in poetry. That's not poetry's… — Basil Bunting Copy Share Image
