Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I want to welcome folks to poetry, especially those who may have previously felt unwelcome; I want to celebrate everyone who is… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
You can be an artist, work hard for your work and also share while trying to create community with other artists. — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
But in Hiroshima, some people were wiped clean away, leaving only a wristwatch or a diary page. So no matter that I… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am puzzling over something for months and months and the poem gets created in small bursts and rewritten a hundred… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
Hiroshima”, I find a few of the lines to be very poignant yet hopeful. These lines are: “But in Hiroshima, some people… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I have always thought of poetry as an act of celebration. Just by nature of writing a poem you are taking the… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I write about love and family a lot, because I'm always trying to figure those things out. At different points in my… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
Nothing is as universal as some good scatalogical humor. I try to shift the frame in which people think about poetry from… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
For some reason there's this myth that creativity - [especially] in terms of creative writing - is a gift you either have,… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
They'll be days like this" my momma said. When you open your hands to catch, and wind up with only blisters and… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I write poetry to figure things out. It's what I use as a navigating tool in my life, so when there's something… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
Thinking about writing as an act of celebration is sometimes a helpful framework for me. It allows me to prioritize what I want to… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I don't think it's about art being a career but it's about making sure that if art is something that you love, something that… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I use poetry to help me work through what I don’t understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as I watched… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“I love you as much as the ocean kisses the shore no matter how many times it is sent away.” — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I write poetry to figure things out. It's what I use as a navigating tool in my life, so when there's something that I… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“What is it about immortality? With the right sword and shield, we think we can fend off anger, fear, and hatred. If our legs… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“And the spaces that he never saw: the ones my parents had labeled private parts when I was still small enough to fit all… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
![“For some reason there's this myth that creativity - [especially] in terms of creative writing - is a gift you either have, or you don't. So when people first start writing, if they write something that's not very good, or if they try and it's difficult, they go, "Oh, I guess I don't have it." That…” quote by Sarah Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b8a/sarah-kay-3508_creative_for-some-reason-there-s-this-myth-that-c_2287617.jpg)
