Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly. — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
“I wonder if you ever read my poems and wish they were written for you.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“I read poems for the pleasure of the mouth. My heart is in my mouth, and the sound of poetry is the… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
I like to go back and read poems that I wrote fifty years ago, twenty years ago, and sometimes they surprise me… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I love chapbooks. They're in some ways the ideal form in which to publish and read poems. You can read 19 poems… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I have no precise idea of who makes up my readership. I'm surprised when I discover people have read my poems at… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Read everything you can push into your skull. Read your mother’s diary. Read Assata. Read everything Gloria Steinem and bell hooks write.… — Gabby Rivera Copy Share Image
One of my latest sensations was going to Lady Airlie's to hear Browning read his own poems - with the comport of… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a time that… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“What did you think?' I blurted out, heat rushing to my cheeks. 'Of what?' 'My writing.' 'Oh,'Ford said. He looked at me… — Amy Greene Copy Share Image
As for the differences between audio and the printed page, the sonic aspects of poetry are important to me. I read my… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
Read poems to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read them while you're alone in… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“You can say no if you dun’ wanna do it,” he finally says, “but I was thinkin’ maybe you could teach me… — Ryan Winfield Copy Share Image
