Flirtation Quote by Anonymous

But you hate poetry! Yes, but you make me want to write it.

— Cassandra Clare

Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem.

— Charles Bukowski

One can be well-bred and write bad poetry

— Moliere

All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them.

— Umberto Eco

I'd rather be a great bad poet than a good bad poet.

— Ogden Nash

Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself.

— James Schuyler

I am not interested in poetry for poetry's sake.

— Ernesto Cardenal

I didn't write my poems because I wanted to, they were wrung from me. I had to write them.

— Maxine Kumin

Screw poetry, it’s you I want, your taste, rain on you, mouth on your skin.

— Margaret Atwood

A bad poem is one that vanishes into meaning.

— Paul Valery

Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.

— Cheryl Hines

Write the poem only you can write.

— Billy Collins