Exposing Quote by Chocolate Waters

“YOU SAY "POET" LIKE THAT MEANS SOMETHING.”

— Amy King

The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn.

— T. S. Eliot

A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

— Gil Scott-Heron

The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or…

— Karl Shapiro

the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're…

— Eileen Myles

The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.

— Rollo May

“Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who possesses a…

— Carolyn Kizer

The poet, like the lover, is a person unable to reconcile what he knows with what he feels. His peculiarity is that he is…

— Babette Deutsch

I don't know if I call myself a poet or not. I would like to, but I'm not really qualified to make that decision,…

— Bob Dylan

I'm a poet, and I like my lies the way my mother used to make them.

— Aleister Crowley