Attention Quote by Alice Oswald

It's a big thing to call yourself a poet. All I can say is that I have always written poems. I don't think I'm…

— Clive James

If our goal is to write poetry, the only way we are likely to be any good is to try to be as great…

— Donald Hall

The way to become a poet is to read poetry and to imitate what you read and to read passionately and widely and in…

— Edward Hirsch

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't do it.…

— Rodney Crowell

Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery.

— Nicole Brossard

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is…

— Leonard Cohen

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and…

— William Wordsworth

A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his…

— Mark Forsyth

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small poets, and…

— Orson F. Whitney