It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and… — Simon Armitage Copy Share Image
Poetry requires deliberate movement in its direction, a filament of faith in its persistence, receptivity to its fundamental worthwhileness. Within its unanesthetized… — C.D. Wright Copy Share Image
“...The end is so immense, it is its own poetry. It requires little rhetoric. Just state it plainly.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I've never been able to write poetry without having vast tracts of dead time. Poetry requires a certain kind of disciplined indolence… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
