Inspiration Quote by Additi Gupta

So much of life's dramas, good and bad, play out against family and so it's really inspiring for any number of stories in all…

— Peter Hedges

I have been writing poetry ever since I was in high school. My poetry mainly concerned the theme of love. And that, of course,…

— Robert Indiana

The kind of poetry that interests me is intellectual and moral and political and sexual and sensual - all of that fermenting together. It…

— Adrienne Rich

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.

— Sherman Alexie

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the…

— Kim Edwards

I write from the various experiences I live. Not every poem comes from my personal experience, though. It could be something that a friend…

— Rupi Kaur

I like poems that inspire, that make us think and reflect. It's like putting love into the world for whoever picks it up.

— Peleg Top

I like narrative, and I ultimately am in love with the men and women I write about, most of them.

— Kevin Starr

My poems - I don't even like the sound of that, in a way. Not that anyone else wrote them. But we know that…

— Sharon Olds

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.

— Marguerite Young

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

— Steve Earle