I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it. — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I think the pleasure of form is that you have a companion with you besides all the poetry you have ever read. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“There are few things in this life more bamboo-under-fingernails than good poetry read aloud badly-unless it is bad poetry read aloud badly.” — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
I had nothing but time on my hands. That's when it became, 'Quan, what are you good at?' Poetry... I read a… — Rich Homie Quan Copy Share Image
My friend Akshay Upadhyay and I used to write poetry and read out to each other. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I grew up in a middle-class house without books, without art. No one around me wrote poetry or even read it. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
One of my greatest joys is poetry. I read it almost every day, and I've even taken a stab at writing some… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
We tell each other stories to help each other live. That’s why I read poetry. I read poetry to stay alive. That’s… — Marie Howe Copy Share Image
One good way to start writing poetry is to read all kinds of poetry: not just in order to imitate but to… — Valerie Worth Copy Share Image
“If you had to give one piece of advice to people in their twenties, what would it be? To go to a… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Not every gay person recites poetry or has read Keats. You can get readers through anything if the characters are complicated. You… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
I haven't been reading anything on tour so far, I haven't had a minute. Any moment that I've had recently on the… — Carla Azar Copy Share Image
In high school I was very much involved in poetry. You cannot read a poem quickly. There's too much going on there.… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Theology is-- or should be-- a species of poetry,which read quickly or encountered in a hubbub of noise makes no sense. You… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“For it is a peculiarity of persons who lead rich, emotional lives, and who (as the saying is) live intensely and with… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Whoever lives for poetry must read everything. How often has the light of a new idea sprung for me from a simple… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against… — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
“Eliot, huh?" she says. The thin fabric of her long T-shirt brushes my arm. "Is everyone in your family named for a… — Brad Barkley Copy Share Image
“OMG! I DESIGNED THIS NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM! IT'S CALLED "POETRY" - YOU HAVE TO READ AMY KING'S POEMS TO GET AN… — Amy King Copy Share Image
All musicians should write poetry or at least read it if they want to improve their game. Except for people who believe… — David Berman Copy Share Image
“He didn't much like reading novels - he preferred history or philosophy - or poetry, although he could read only a little… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
