They're very different things, a poem and a song, you wouldn't think they would be, but they are. — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem.… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It's so physical; the musicality becomes a sort of expression of the body. The mind is… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
One demands two things of a poem. Firstly, it must be a well-made verbal object that does honor to the language in… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
