Write Poems Quotes

34 quotes by 32 authors

Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to write… — Miller Williams
We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why?… — Harry Crews
He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems;… — John Fowles
Try to write poems at least one person in the room will hate. — Marvin Bell
To desire to write poems that endure-we undertake such a goal certain of two things: that in all likelihood we will fail, and if we… — Donald Hall
I want to write poems that are natural, luminous, deep, spare. I dream of an art so transparent that you can look through and see… — Stanley Kunitz
I am gonna write poems til i die and when i have gotten outta this body i am gonna hang round in the wind and… — Ntozake Shange
I write poems to find out why I write them — Stephen Dobyns
I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy. — Billy Sherwood
Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. — Anne Stevenson
I have no talent. I write poems for myself, to think things through, thatâ€™s all. — Anna Kamienska
You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen. — Bertolt Brecht
Poetic justice, poetic justice.. if I told you that a flower bloom in a dark room would you trust it. I mean I write poems… — Kendrick Lamar
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet. — Yehuda Amichai
I'm trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I'm trying to take a… — Billy Collins
It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been… — Yusef Komunyakaa
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. — John Fowles
I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow. — Martin Gore
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: It's like going round explaining how you sleep with your… — Philip Larkin

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