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My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.

— Victoria Chang

I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.

— Tom Wesselmann

Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's…

— Philip Levine

My advice to all young people who wish to become poets is: do something easy, like learning how to blow up the world -…

— e. e. cummings

My poetry is me trying to reconcile my own life and opportunities I've had with opportunities my students aren't given and how profoundly unfair…

— Clint Smith

You must continue. Poets are the ones who change the world.

— Jackie Kennedy

“There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it.”

— BORGES JORGE LUIS

Poetry has a way of teaching one what one needs to know ... if one is honest.

— May Sarton

I know when I go to a poetry reading, I feel purged, exulted. You let the poet guide you through some kind of journey.

— Anne Waldman

I think that as long as you have other poets before you and that you can learn from them, then it's always open ended…

— Edward Hirsch

Get rid of words and meaning, and there is still poetry.

— Yang Wanli

Poetry can startle you, awaken you, make you fall in love, take your breath away. When those words sink in, you'll never look at…

— Maria Shriver