“A poet writing poetry, an artist creating calligraphy. An author scripting mastery with an encyclopedia intellect. From from a derelict's viewpoint, that… — Jr. Lily Copy Share Image
The real you is still a little child who never grew up. Sometimes that little child comes out when you are having… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry. — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual. — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
A banker warned the British poet Robert Graves that one could not grow rich writing poetry. He replied that if there was… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
I'm not a rock star writing poetry. I don't feel like a rock star and I don't know what one is, actually.… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
Gradually I find that my whole soul is merging itself into this business of writing, and especially of writing poetry. I am… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
Through my former experiences, writing poetry and learning other languages leading up to English I find ways to stitch words together that… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
I started writing poetry because language was how I understood the world. It was a paradigm that made everything matter and in… — Grace Cavalieri Copy Share Image
I wanted to spend all my time writing poetry. But when I had children I couldn't do that anymore. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Suffering has as much right to be expressed as a martyr has to cry out. So it may have been false to… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever had a morning where I woke up and said I'm going to be a professional poet. I… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I've been writing fiction as long as I've been writing poetry. It's just that the poetry took off, and it took me… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a… — Robert Adamson Copy Share Image
It's hot tonight and half the neighborhood is drunk. the other half is dead. if I have any advice about writing poetry… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
When I started writing poetry, it was always in very hip-hop influenced spaces: Someone would teach a Nas song side-by-side with a… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
I started writing poetry when I was in the fifth grade, just rhyming in class. — Jay Rock Copy Share Image
I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
For a long time, I saw writing prose as chewing rocks compared to the velocities of writing poetry. — David Biespiel Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my… — Gabrielle Aplin Copy Share Image
Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry -- if they want to be successful, they need to learn… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
with a country of rare picturesqueness for a background, a people of rare beauty for actors, everybody more or less permeated with… — Inez Haynes Irwin Copy Share Image
“Good God, Enrique was writing poetry to her? Yes, and why hadn’t he thought of poetry? Besides the obvious reason of his… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I really like writing poetry and lyrics because it's one thing where I give up control. I don't feel like I need… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
