--- title: "31 Poetry Read Quotes by 31 authors" description: "Browse 31 Poetry Read quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Poetry Read sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/george-carlin-155_books_more-people-write-poetry-than-read-it-26_2693981.jpg" --- > [More people write poetry than read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/more-people-write-poetry-than-read-it/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/george-carlin-155_books_more-people-write-poetry-than-read-it-26_2693981.jpg) > [When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/when-i-read-poetry-i-read-it-aloud-it-s-so-much-better-that-way/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/oprah-winfrey-186_aloud_when-i-read-poetry-i-read-it-aloud-it-s_1442954.png) > [“Poetry is anything you read out loud alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gordon/poetry-is-anything-you-read-out-loud-alone/) [David Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/david-gordon-48604_books_poetry-is-anything-you-read-out-loud-alo_1649895.jpg) > [Yes, I love poetry, both to read and to write it. A first love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-heller/yes-i-love-poetry-both-to-read-and-to-write-it-a-first-love/) [Peter Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-heller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/peter-heller-3324_first-love_yes-i-love-poetry-both-to-read-and-to-wr_2202932.png) > [I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-helm/i-love-poetry-read-it-a-lot-but-make-no-claim-to-being-able-to-write/) [Michael Helm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-helm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bc/michael-helm-27221_able_i-love-poetry-read-it-a-lot-but-make-no_2746864.jpg) > [I read a lot of poetry. I read some history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-busch/i-read-a-lot-of-poetry-i-read-some-history/) [Frederick Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-busch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/frederick-busch-12684_books_i-read-a-lot-of-poetry-i-read-some-histo_617231.png) > [Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethewey/dismissals-of-poetry-are-nothing-new-it-s-easy-to-dismiss-poetry-if/) [Natasha Trethewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethewey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/natasha-trethewey-7684_dismiss_dismissals-of-poetry-are-nothing-new-it_2332771.png) > [I think the pleasure of form is that you have a companion with you besides all the poetry you have ever read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-collins/i-think-the-pleasure-of-form-is-that-you-have-a-companion-with-you/) [Billy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/billy-collins-3004_companion_i-think-the-pleasure-of-form-is-that-you_2001370.png) > [I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-ann-duffy/i-have-piles-of-poetry-books-in-the-bathroom-on-the-stairs-everywhere/) [Carol Ann Duffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-ann-duffy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/carol-ann-duffy-10503_bathroom_i-have-piles-of-poetry-books-in-the-bath_1526470.png) > [The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-poetry-you-read-has-been-written-for-you-each-of-you-black-white/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/maya-angelou-104_black_the-poetry-you-read-has-been-written-for_2211409.png) > [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-lanyon/there-are-few-things-in-this-life-more-bamboo-under-fingernails-than/) [Josh Lanyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-lanyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/josh-lanyon-1827_badly_there-are-few-things-in-this-life-more-b_2001130.png) > [I had nothing but time on my hands. That's when it became, 'Quan, what are you good at?' Poetry... I read a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-homie-quan/i-had-nothing-but-time-on-my-hands-that-s-when-it-became-quan-what/) [Rich Homie Quan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-homie-quan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36f/rich-homie-quan-5663_books_i-had-nothing-but-time-on-my-hands-that_2863384.jpg) > [My friend Akshay Upadhyay and I used to write poetry and read out to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pankaj-kapur/my-friend-akshay-upadhyay-and-i-used-to-write-poetry-and-read-out-to/) [Pankaj Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pankaj-kapur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/pankaj-kapur-6400_friend_my-friend-akshay-upadhyay-and-i-used-to_3183524.jpg) > [I grew up in a middle-class house without books, without art. No one around me wrote poetry or even read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-grew-up-in-a-middle-class-house-without-books-without-art-no-one/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/edward-hirsch-1614_around_i-grew-up-in-a-middle-class-house-withou_2329421.png) > [One of my greatest joys is poetry. I read it almost every day, and I've even taken a stab at writing some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-shriver/one-of-my-greatest-joys-is-poetry-i-read-it-almost-every-day-and-i-ve/) [Maria Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-shriver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/maria-shriver-8191_almost_one-of-my-greatest-joys-is-poetry-i-read_106936.jpg) > [We tell each other stories to help each other live. That’s why I read poetry. I read poetry to stay alive. That’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-howe/we-tell-each-other-stories-to-help-each-other-live-that-s-why-i-read/) [Marie Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-howe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/marie-howe-27130_alive_we-tell-each-other-stories-to-help-each_1929375.png) > [One good way to start writing poetry is to read all kinds of poetry: not just in order to imitate but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-worth/one-good-way-to-start-writing-poetry-is-to-read-all-kinds-of-poetry/) [Valerie Worth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-worth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/valerie-worth-60056_all-kinds_one-good-way-to-start-writing-poetry-is_2924633.jpg) > [“If you had to give one piece of advice to people in their twenties, what would it be? To go to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/if-you-had-to-give-one-piece-of-advice-to-people-in-their-twenties/) [Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/cheryl-strayed-605_books_if-you-had-to-give-one-piece-of-advice-t_1019967.png) > [Not every gay person recites poetry or has read Keats. You can get readers through anything if the characters are complicated. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/not-every-gay-person-recites-poetry-or-has-read-keats-you-can-get/) [Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/marlon-james-10052_books_not-every-gay-person-recites-poetry-or-h_1948633.jpg) > [Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/because-in-fact-women-feminists-do-read-my-poetry-and-they-read-it/) [Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/diane-wakoski-15416_care_because-in-fact-women-feminists-do-read_1128913.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-azar/i-haven-t-been-reading-anything-on-tour-so-far-i-haven-t-had-a-minute/) [Carla Azar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-azar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/carla-azar-53147_book_i-haven-t-been-reading-anything-on-tour_1643092.jpg) > [In high school I was very much involved in poetry. You cannot read a poem quickly. There's too much going on there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-h-peterson/in-high-school-i-was-very-much-involved-in-poetry-you-cannot-read-a/) [Eugene H. Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-h-peterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/eugene-h-peterson-1745_alliteration_in-high-school-i-was-very-much-involved_1846863.png) > [Theology is-- or should be-- a species of poetry,which read quickly or encountered in a hubbub of noise makes no sense. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/theology-is-or-should-be-a-species-of-poetry-which-read-quickly-or/) [Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/karen-armstrong-1053_agendas_theology-is-or-should-be-a-species-of-po_2088973.jpg) > [“For it is a peculiarity of persons who lead rich, emotional lives, and who (as the saying is) live intensely and with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-gibbons/for-it-is-a-peculiarity-of-persons-who-lead-rich-emotional-lives-and/) [Stella Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-gibbons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/stella-gibbons-7519_poetry_for-it-is-a-peculiarity-of-persons-who-l_245029.jpg) > [Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/truly-fine-poetry-must-be-read-aloud-a-good-poem-does-not-allow/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/jorge-luis-borges-275_art_truly-fine-poetry-must-be-read-aloud-a-g_1526793.jpg) > [Whoever lives for poetry must read everything. How often has the light of a new idea sprung for me from a simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaston-bachelard/whoever-lives-for-poetry-must-read-everything-how-often-has-the-light/) [Gaston Bachelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaston-bachelard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/gaston-bachelard-2318_age_whoever-lives-for-poetry-must-read-every_2366144.png) > [“Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-zagajewski/read-for-yourselves-read-for-the-sake-of-your-inspiration-for-the-2/) [Adam Zagajewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-zagajewski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/adam-zagajewski-25144_books_read-for-yourselves-read-for-the-sake-of_1482159.png) > [“Eliot, huh?" she says. The thin fabric of her long T-shirt brushes my arm. "Is everyone in your family named for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-her-long-t-shirt-brushes-my-arm/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/brad-barkley-24727_eliot_eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-he_3136180.png) > [“OMG! I DESIGNED THIS NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM! IT'S CALLED "POETRY" - YOU HAVE TO READ AMY KING'S POEMS TO GET AN…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-king/omg-i-designed-this-new-social-media-platform-it-s-called-poetry-you/) [Amy King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/amy-king-25962_american-poetry_omg-i-designed-this-new-social-media-pla_1239431.jpg) > [All musicians should write poetry or at least read it if they want to improve their game. Except for people who believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/all-musicians-should-write-poetry-or-at-least-read-it-if-they-want-to/) [David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/david-berman-3689_believe_all-musicians-should-write-poetry-or-at_3036879.png) > [“He didn't much like reading novels - he preferred history or philosophy - or poetry, although he could read only a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/he-didn-t-much-like-reading-novels-he-preferred-history-or-philosophy/) [Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/claire-messud-1372_books_he-didn-t-much-like-reading-novels-he-pr_2228755.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-read/#itemlist", "name": "Poetry Read Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "More people write poetry than read it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Carlin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/more-people-write-poetry-than-read-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/george-carlin-155_books_more-people-write-poetry-than-read-it-26_2693981.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/george-carlin-155_books_more-people-write-poetry-than-read-it-26_2693981.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/george-carlin-155_books_more-people-write-poetry-than-read-it-26_2693981.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“More people write poetry than read it.” — George Carlin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I read poetry, I read it aloud. 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Thus you may find them weeping passionately on their bed, and be told that you - you alone - are the cause because you said that awful thing to them at lunch. 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A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry always remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. It remembers that it was first song.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/truly-fine-poetry-must-be-read-aloud-a-good-poem-does-not-allow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/jorge-luis-borges-275_art_truly-fine-poetry-must-be-read-aloud-a-g_1526793.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/jorge-luis-borges-275_art_truly-fine-poetry-must-be-read-aloud-a-g_1526793.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/jorge-luis-borges-275_art_truly-fine-poetry-must-be-read-aloud-a-g_1526793.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. 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Read your enemies, read those who reinforce your sense of what's evolving in poetry, and also read those whose darkness or malice or madness or greatness you can't understand because only in this way will you grow, outlive yourself, and become what you are.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam Zagajewski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-zagajewski/read-for-yourselves-read-for-the-sake-of-your-inspiration-for-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/adam-zagajewski-25144_books_read-for-yourselves-read-for-the-sake-of_1482159.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/adam-zagajewski-25144_books_read-for-yourselves-read-for-the-sake-of_1482159.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/adam-zagajewski-25144_books_read-for-yourselves-read-for-the-sake-of_1482159.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But…” — Adam Zagajewski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Eliot, huh?\" she says. The thin fabric of her long T-shirt brushes my arm. \"Is everyone in your family named for a famous symbolist poet?\" No, I'm named for someone who was supposed to be in the Bible but isn't.\" No? What happened to him?\" I glance over at her, the way the corner of her mouth turns up, half-smirk, half-smile. Her hair moves as she walks. He was called to be a disciple, but he had, you know, stuff to do.\" Stuff, like...polishing his sandals? Making lunch?\" We keep walking, over the bridge across the lake, past the swings and the playground equipment, just walking. Exactly. And what about you, Calliope...is everyone in your family named after a...what is it? A keyboard? An organ?\" It's a steam-powered piano. It's also the name of the Greek goddess of poetry. You should read stuff other than chemistry; you'd know these things.\" Her smirky smile again, her sleeve touching my arm. I feel like my skin has been removed, every nerve exposed. I open my mouth, and this comes out: \"I think you are more goddess than piano.\" Stupid, stupid. But she laughs. \"You know, that's the nicest thing anyone's said to me today.\" You don't see too many calliopes,\" I tell her. I'm Cal, actually. I mean, that's what I prefer.\" I meant the steam pianos...you don't see too many.\" She stops and looks at me, full-on, and right away I put it on the list of the best moments in my life. Until you said that, Eliot, I wasn't fully aware of the demise of the steam piano, so thank you. Really.\" I smirk at her and we both fight not to smile. \"Okay, smart-ass,\" I say.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Barkley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-her-long-t-shirt-brushes-my-arm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/brad-barkley-24727_eliot_eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-he_3136180.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/brad-barkley-24727_eliot_eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-he_3136180.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/brad-barkley-24727_eliot_eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-he_3136180.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Eliot, huh?\" she says. 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