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title: "18 Read Poems Quotes by 18 authors"
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> [Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-stevenson/each-word-bears-its-weight-so-you-have-to-read-my-poems-quite-slowly/)

[Anne Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-stevenson/)

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> [“I wonder if you ever read my poems and wish they were written for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/i-wonder-if-you-ever-read-my-poems-and-wish-they-were-written-for-you/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

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> [“Who will read these poems when the people are gone?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-owen-mallary/who-will-read-these-poems-when-the-people-are-gone/)

[Dominic Owen Mallary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-owen-mallary/)

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> [“I used to read my poems to him; now I read him in my poems”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shweta-suvarna/i-used-to-read-my-poems-to-him-now-i-read-him-in-my-poems/)

[Shweta Suvarna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shweta-suvarna/)

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> [“I read poems for the pleasure of the mouth. My heart is in my mouth, and the sound of poetry is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-hall/i-read-poems-for-the-pleasure-of-the-mouth-my-heart-is-in-my-mouth/)

[Donald Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-hall/)

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> [I like to go back and read poems that I wrote fifty years ago, twenty years ago, and sometimes they surprise me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-like-to-go-back-and-read-poems-that-i-wrote-fifty-years-ago-twenty/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [I love chapbooks. They're in some ways the ideal form in which to publish and read poems. You can read 19 poems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-morgan/i-love-chapbooks-they-re-in-some-ways-the-ideal-form-in-which-to/)

[Robert Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-morgan/)

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> [I have no precise idea of who makes up my readership. I'm surprised when I discover people have read my poems at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cate-marvin/i-have-no-precise-idea-of-who-makes-up-my-readership-i-m-surprised/)

[Cate Marvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cate-marvin/)

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> [The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linton-kwesi-johnson/the-more-i-read-my-poems-the-more-i-find-out-about-them-i-still-read/)

[Linton Kwesi Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linton-kwesi-johnson/)

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> [New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/new-friends-may-be-poems-but-old-friends-are-alphabets-don-t-forget/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Read everything you can push into your skull. Read your mother’s diary. Read Assata. Read everything Gloria Steinem and bell hooks write.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/read-everything-you-can-push-into-your-skull-read-your-mother-s-diary/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

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> [One of my latest sensations was going to Lady Airlie's to hear Browning read his own poems - with the comport of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/one-of-my-latest-sensations-was-going-to-lady-airlie-s-to-hear/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

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> [Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a time that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-adornetto/literature-has-been-part-of-my-life-for-as-long-as-i-can-remember-i/)

[Alexandra Adornetto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-adornetto/)

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> [What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-would-we-not-give-for-some-great-poem-to-read-now-which-would-be/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“What did you think?' I blurted out, heat rushing to my cheeks. 'Of what?' 'My writing.' 'Oh,'Ford said. He looked at me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-greene/what-did-you-think-i-blurted-out-heat-rushing-to-my-cheeks-of-what-my/)

[Amy Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-greene/)

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> [As for the differences between audio and the printed page, the sonic aspects of poetry are important to me. I read my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/as-for-the-differences-between-audio-and-the-printed-page-the-sonic/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

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> [Read poems to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read them while you're alone in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/read-poems-to-yourself-in-the-middle-of-the-night-turn-on-a-single/)

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

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> [“You can say no if you dun’ wanna do it,” he finally says, “but I was thinkin’ maybe you could teach me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-winfield/you-can-say-no-if-you-dun-wanna-do-it-he-finally-says-but-i-was/)

[Ryan Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-winfield/)

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                        "text": "As for the differences between audio and the printed page, the sonic aspects of poetry are important to me. I read my poems aloud to myself as I'm composing them. And I enjoy reading to an audience. I think people get tone more easily when they hear a writer read her work. Some people have told me they hear more humor in my poems at a live reading than when they see them on the page. I think that may be a matter of pacing. On the other hand, I've listened to a lot of poetry readings and I know how much you can miss. If you stop to really register one line, you miss the next three or so.",
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