Poetry Quote by Ama Ata Aidoo

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

I always wanted to be a writer. I was writing poetry when I was 6.

— Peter Heller

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.

— Elizabeth Edwards

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

— Ernesto Cardenal

I wanted to spend all my time writing poetry. But when I had children I couldn't do that anymore.

— Robert Bly

I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry…

— Jordin Sparks

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always…

— Blake Jenner

I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.

— Mary Oliver

I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to write.

— Benjamin Clementine

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to…

— Christopher Koch

I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.

— John Darnielle