You want a poem to unsettle something. There's a deep and interesting kind of troubling that poems do, which is to say,… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
I have no desire to dress up my poetry and make it fancy. I want the poem to be as true as… — Adelia Prado Copy Share Image
I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
I want a poem which is made of compression, passion, precision, symmetry, & disruption. — Lucie Brock-Broido Copy Share Image
I started out wanting to write great poems, then wanting to discover true poems. Now, I want to be the poem. — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
I want the poem to be an experience - for both the listener and for myself. — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
