You say to yourself, Well, this poem isn't going to be any good, but I'll write it anyway. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Poetry’s medium is the individual chest and throat and mouth of whoever undertakes to say the poem. — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
Truck drivers stop me and say, 'What is the poem for the day?' or 'Give me a poem for my girl.' I… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
Poetry is a language for when you can't quite write prose about something, you can't quite say it, but if you do… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Best to say that once a poem is finished I trust it to make its way, and I trust readers will find… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
My mentor made me say a poem over and over. 'Stop! That's not your voice. Start again.' I was sobbing by the… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
All you can usually say about a poem or a picture is, 'Look at it, listen to it.' Whether you listen to… — Basil Bunting Copy Share Image
“Some writers might tell you that writing is like a piece of magic - a process of creating something out of nothing,… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
