My intention is to write poems. That's what I've been doing most of my life. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
I write poems, have always written them, to transcend the painfully personal and reach the universal. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I believe in creative failing - to contine to write poems that fail and fail and fail until a day comes when… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
“When people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I write poems. And then they say: 'No, what… — Mike Algera Copy Share Image
I write poems for children to help them celebrate the joy and wonder of their world and to look at their lives… — Charles Ghigna Copy Share Image
He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I have a little journal that I always keep with me, and when I need to, I'll write poems and things. It… — Haley Pullos Copy Share Image
“This isn’t a poem, it’s a 3 am conversation on your basement couch and a quiet night spent on the bench next… — Christopher Korenczuk Copy Share Image
“Making it in poetry The young teller at the credit union asked why so many small checks from universities? Because I write… — Bob Hicok Copy Share Image
I tended to write poems about both social and spiritual problems, and some problems one doesn't really want to solve, and so… — C. K. Williams Copy Share Image
“You write poetry?" Klaus asked. He had read a lot about poets but had never met one. "Just a little bit," Isadora… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I wish I'd been better able to resist the sense of obligation to write some of the poems I did. It's in… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
I write poems from dreams pretty frequently. It's limiting to think the poem has to come from a sensical lyric "I" stating… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
Entering into writing a poem is an emotional endeavor for me as well as a spiritual and creative one. Having to write… — Richard Blanco Copy Share Image
I like to work with multiple sections because they lend themselves to the structure of the poem: its intensifications and arcs and… — Anna Journey Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and… — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write in words — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them. — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
People are born with the knack to write poems and songs. I'm not a poet at all. — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
“Sometimes,' she said, remembering that morning, 'I write poems that are taller than I am” — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
There's two kinds of women--those you write poems about and those you don't. — Jeffrey McDaniel Copy Share Image
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
