Dignity Quote by Booker T. Washington

I should be writing a poem every morning but I'm not.

— Tony D'Souza

Entering into writing a poem is an emotional endeavor for me as well as a spiritual and creative one. Having to write those poems…

— Richard Blanco

The writing of a poem is, for me, in the first place, an almost total act of abandon leading to discovery leading to recognition.

— Marvin Bell

One of my greatest joys is poetry. I read it almost every day, and I've even taken a stab at writing some of my…

— Maria Shriver

I remember that as I was writing a poem on 'Snow' when I was eight, I said aloud, 'I wish I could have the…

— Sylvia Plath

If I begin writing a poem that means I'm intrigued in some way by whatever it's about and that if I'm not trying to…

— Rita Dove

I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject.…

— Maurice Sendak

I feel most at home when I am writing a poem—because in that instant, I am everywhere.

— Nathalie Handal

I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to…

— Wendy Cope

Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the form.

— Matthea Harvey

I have always thought of poetry as an act of celebration. Just by nature of writing a poem you are taking the time to…

— Sarah Kay

“Considering the ways in which so many of us waste our time, what would be wrong with a world in which everybody were writing…

— Ted Kooser