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title: "33 Read Poem Quotes by 33 authors"
description: "Browse 33 Read Poem quotes by 33 authors. Discover the best Read Poem sayings and thoughts."
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> [To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/to-read-a-poem-in-january-is-as-lovely-as-to-go-for-a-walk-in-june/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

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> [I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-do-read-a-poem-almost-every-morning-unless-i-m-really-really-late-i/)

[Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/)

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> [Do three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/do-three-things-each-night-before-you-go-to-bed-read-a-poem-read-a/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/i-read-a-poem-every-night-as-others-read-a-prayer/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

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> [To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavio-paz/to-read-a-poem-is-to-hear-it-with-our-eyes-to-hear-it-is-to-see-it/)

[Octavio Paz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavio-paz/)

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> [I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-murray/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-wrong-with-someone-having-to-read-a/)

[George Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-murray/)

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> [I don't think there's any law where you have to read a poem and immediately understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-laird/i-don-t-think-there-s-any-law-where-you-have-to-read-a-poem-and/)

[Nick Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-laird/)

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> [“If you read every poem in every anthology of Greek poetry, you wouldn't read one poem in which a character of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/if-you-read-every-poem-in-every-anthology-of-greek-poetry-you-wouldn/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

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> [To read a poem with no thought in mind but to paraphrase it into a single, simple and usually high-minded prose statement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ciardi/to-read-a-poem-with-no-thought-in-mind-but-to-paraphrase-it-into-a/)

[John Ciardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ciardi/)

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> [Every time you read a poem aloud to yourself in the presence of others, you are reading it into yourself and them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seamus-heaney/every-time-you-read-a-poem-aloud-to-yourself-in-the-presence-of/)

[Seamus Heaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seamus-heaney/)

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> [“I woke up wanting to read a poem by that name, and I found one with a lifeguard’s chair, a broken shell,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-broder/i-woke-up-wanting-to-read-a-poem-by-that-name-and-i-found-one-with-a/)

[Michael Broder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-broder/)

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> [One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-smith/one-does-not-read-a-poem-by-gwendolyn-brooks-with-hopes-that-it-will/)

[Clint Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-smith/)

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> ["The Dream of a Common Language" by Adrienne Rich. I carried it the entire hike. On my first night, when I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/the-dream-of-a-common-language-by-adrienne-rich-i-carried-it-the/)

[Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/)

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> [I read that poem you wrote to be on our first date and I shed tears of happiness, knowing that you meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine/i-read-that-poem-you-wrote-to-be-on-our-first-date-and-i-shed-tears/)

[Josephine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine/)

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> [Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/every-now-and-then-i-read-a-poem-that-does-touch-something-in-me-but/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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> [People are so used to reading novels now, they just read a poem straight through to get the meaning. And that's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-oswald/people-are-so-used-to-reading-novels-now-they-just-read-a-poem/)

[Alice Oswald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-oswald/)

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> [My attention span was quite short and I just wanted to use a lot of beautiful words. When I read a poem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/my-attention-span-was-quite-short-and-i-just-wanted-to-use-a-lot-of/)

[Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/)

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> [A friend came over to the house a few days ago and read one of my poems. He came back today and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/a-friend-came-over-to-the-house-a-few-days-ago-and-read-one-of-my/)

[Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/)

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> [When you read the poem, you wonder, what might Grendel have been? Could it have been a person that was turned away?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kieran-bew/when-you-read-the-poem-you-wonder-what-might-grendel-have-been-could/)

[Kieran Bew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kieran-bew/)

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> [How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/how-does-the-ordinary-person-come-to-the-transcendent-for-a-start-i/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [“Will read a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh at his grandmother's funeral. "Pondering the joys we had, listen & keep very still.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-branard/will-read-a-poem-by-sir-walter-raleigh-at-his-grandmother-s-funeral/)

[Lynne Branard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-branard/)

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> [ I read the poem \[In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke\] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses:… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodore-roethke-because-i-was/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

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> [Words are delicate instruments: How to use them so that, after having read the poem, the taste remaining is not of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luljeta-lleshanaku/words-are-delicate-instruments-how-to-use-them-so-that-after-having/)

[Luljeta Lleshanaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luljeta-lleshanaku/)

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> [“This for That What will I have for breakfast? I wish I had some plums like the ones in Williams’s poem. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/this-for-that-what-will-i-have-for-breakfast-i-wish-i-had-some-plums/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

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> [“To write or read a poem is . . . to enter into a different kind of thought world from our normal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/to-write-or-read-a-poem-is-to-enter-into-a-different-kind-of-thought/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [“What is going on with you, Rev?” He rubs his eyes. “I don’t know. I’m just tired.” I think of how he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-kemmerer/what-is-going-on-with-you-rev-he-rubs-his-eyes-i-don-t-know-i-m-just/)

[Brigid Kemmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-kemmerer/)

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> [When you begin to read a poem you are entering a foreign country whose laws and language and life are a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-jarrell/when-you-begin-to-read-a-poem-you-are-entering-a-foreign-country/)

[Randall Jarrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-jarrell/)

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> [“I read your poem," I croaked. "'Fall.'" Then something I never thought would happen, happened: Marcus Flutie was shocked by something I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mccafferty/i-read-your-poem-i-croaked-fall-then-something-i-never-thought-would/)

[Megan McCafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mccafferty/)

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> [“ The Day is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-day-is-done-the-day-is-done-and-the-darkness-falls-from-the-wings/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [“He read me another poem, and another one - and he explained the true history of poetry, which is a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/he-read-me-another-poem-and-another-one-and-he-explained-the-true/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

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> [One way poetry connects is across time. . . . Some echo of a writer's physical experience comes into us when we read her poem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/one-way-poetry-connects-is-across-time-some-echo-of-a-writer-s/)

[Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/)

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> [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/)

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> [The idea of how to read a poem is based on the idea that poetry needs you as a reader. That the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/the-idea-of-how-to-read-a-poem-is-based-on-the-idea-that-poetry-needs/)

[Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/)

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                        "text": "“Will read a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh at his grandmother's funeral. \"Pondering the joys we had, listen & keep very still. If the lowing from the hill or the tolling of the bell do not serve to break the spell, listen: you may be allowed to hear my laughter from a cloud.”",
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                        "text": "I read the poem [In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: \"This poem is kind of important to me. I don't know why, but I'm going to just keep it in the back of my mind.\" I just kept coming back to it. As I started putting the book together and writing the stories for it, this idea of buzzing as a word kept popping up in my brain.",
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                        "text": "Words are delicate instruments: How to use them so that, after having read the poem, the taste remaining is not of the words themselves, but of a thought, a situation, a parallel reality? If not used appropriately, words in poetry are like the ugly remains of food after eating. What I mean is that readers will reject words if they don't serve to shift attention from themselves to somewhere else.",
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                        "text": "“This for That What will I have for breakfast? I wish I had some plums like the ones in Williams’s poem. He apologized to his wife for eating them but what he did not do was apologize to those who would read his poem and also not be able to eat them. That is why I like his poem when I am not hungry. Right now I do not like him or his poem. This is just to say that. A kinesthesia for me! It is definitely the sort of poem that makes me go to the kitchen to check if I have some plumes. I really enjoy some of Padgett's poems!”",
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                        "text": "“To write or read a poem is . . . to enter into a different kind of thought world from our normal patterns. A poem is not merely ordinary thought with a few turns and twiddles added on to make it pretty or memorable. A poem (a good poem, at least) uses its poetic form to probe deeper into human experience than ordinary speech or writing is usually able to do, to pull back a veil and allow the hearer or reader to sense other dimensions.”",
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                        "text": "“What is going on with you, Rev?” He rubs his eyes. “I don’t know. I’m just tired.” I think of how he sat in the hospital with me, saying nothing. His silence was more supportive than anything he could have said. I don’t know how to do that in return. Maybe I can offer something else, though. I pull out my phone and do a quick search, then turn it around and slide it across the bed. He doesn’t reach for it. “Did she send more?” “No. It’s a poem I had to read for English. Read it.” He looks up, and the expression on his face is exactly the one I’d wear if he suddenly said, Hey bro, read this poem. “What?” “Just read it. I think you’ll like it.”",
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                        "text": "When you begin to read a poem you are entering a foreign country whose laws and language and life are a kind of translation of your own; but to accept it because its stews taste exactly like your old mother's hash, or to reject it because the owl-headed goddess of wisdom in its temple is fatter than the Statue of Liberty, is an equal mark of that want of imagination, that inaccessibility to experience, of which each of us who dies a natural death will die.",
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                        "text": "“I read your poem,\" I croaked. \"'Fall.'\" Then something I never thought would happen, happened: Marcus Flutie was shocked by something I said. \"You did?\" he said. \"I thought you lost it!\" \"Well someone found it for me. Where do you get off saying,\" I lowered my voice, \"we'll be naked without shame in paradise?\" He didn't open his mouth. \"I know what that means, you know. Who do you think I am?\" He didn't open his mouth. \"We are never going to be naked without shame in paradise.\" He didn't open his mouth. \"We're NEVER going to have sex,\" I whispered, clearly over-stating my case. He didn't open his mouth. The mouth that used to bite mine. \"And I'm just going to forget about that biting thing from the other night,\" I said. He looked at me right in the eyes. If he'd focused hard enough on my pupils, he could've seen his own reflection, his own face smirking at me. \"You couldn't forget if you tried,\" he said, before walking away. He's right. And I don't know if I hate him or love him for that.”",
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                        "text": "“ The Day is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.”",
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                        "text": "“He read me another poem, and another one - and he explained the true history of poetry, which is a kind of secret, a magic known only to wise men. Mr. Premier, I won't be saying anything new if I say that the history of the world is the history of a ten-thousand-year war of brains between the rich and the poor. Each side is eternally trying to hoodwink the other side: and it has been this way since the start of time. The poor win a few battles (the peeing in the potted plants, the kicking of the pet dogs, etc.) but of course the rich have won the war for ten thousand years. That's why, on day, some wise men, out of compassion for the poor, left them signs and symbols in poems, which appear to be about roses and pretty girls and things like that, but when understood correctly spill out secrets that allow the poorest man on earth to conclude the ten-thousand-year-old brain-war on terms favorable to himself.”",
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                        "text": "One way poetry connects is across time. . . . Some echo of a writer's physical experience comes into us when we read her poem.",
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                        "text": "In high school I was very much involved in poetry. You cannot read a poem quickly. There's too much going on there. There are rhythms and alliterations. You have to read poetry slow, slow, slow to absorb it all.",
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                        "text": "The idea of how to read a poem is based on the idea that poetry needs you as a reader. That the experience of poetry, the meaning in poetry, is a kind of circuit that takes place between a poet, a poem and a reader, and that meaning doesn't exist or inhere in poems alone.",
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