Belong Quote by Anonymous

My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly…

— Victoria Chang

I feel very connected to poets across the country.

— Anonymous

“Now, you might think that because there are more poets than ever, there might be more opportunities for poets than ever. And you’d be…

— Jim Behrle

There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

— Philip Levine

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

— Edward Hirsch

Poets are supposed to be underappreciated, don't you know? There is always a strange reaction to those who become successful in their own lifetime,…

— John Cooper Clarke

Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.

— Wole Soyinka

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who…

— Andrew Motion

I tend to like the way poets form communities. Writing can be lonely after all. Modern life can be lonely. Poets do seem to…

— Rae Armantrout

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

— Joseph Campbell

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

— Joseph Campbell

I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with…

— Arthur Smith