Blow Quote by Denise Duhamel

Hmmm. I think a lot of people can write poems that are howls of anguish. I think I've probably written such things and then…

— John Fuller

Sometimes a poem appeals to me technically, just because of the way a line feels on my lips. Sometimes it is because it says…

— Frank Skinner

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

— Gail Carriger

My own emotional health issues were bullying me during the time I was drafting that poem. It was a pressure I couldn't pin down…

— Gregory Pardlo

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

— Douglas Dunn

To me, poetry is a rational act. I never write a poem if I'm not sure what I am going to say or what…

— Luljeta Lleshanaku

If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.

— Anonymous

Those of us who make up poems have agreed not to say what the pain is.

— Robert Bly

I think that when you reveal things that are going to cause pain, you have rhetorical resources in poetry.

— Vijay Seshadri

I do not suppose that anyone not a poet can realize the agony of creating a poem. Every nerve, even every muscle, seems strained…

— Amy Lowell

You can make poems out of anger as well as tenderness. You can make poetry out of anything. It can be the ugliest of…

— Tony Harrison

Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.

— Sylvia Plath