Art Quote by Ash Sweeney

“If poetry is what you live for then do it write.”

— R.M. Engelhardt

Why poetry, you ask? Because of life, I answer.

— Dejan Stojanovic

“The best writing is what's right in front of you. Sometimes I'd walk down the street with poets and they wouldn't see anything. I'd…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

“the best poems it seems to me are written out of an ultimate need. and once the poem is written, the only need after…

— Charles Bukowski

“I was asked once why I write poetry. I said, why do you breath?”

— Shannon Lynette

“I have to be in a particular mindset to write poetry. I either have to be very depressed or very inspired.”

— Nicholas Trandahl

Each poem leads you to the questions it makes sense to ask it.

— Helen Vendler

“I don't know how to write poetry, because I am the poetry.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“a poet can always find something good to write about.”

— Colleen Houck

“Poetry is one of the easiest forms of writing; as long as you're willing to sell your soul to the world.”

— Shawna Platt (Angel Shadow

“Decide if a poem is a question or a declaration, a meditation or an outcry.”

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

“We don't read and write poetry because it is cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And…

— Tom Schulman