Book Quote by Derek Walcott

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

— Taslima Nasrin

I had written here and there about my mother in my poems. There are poems for her in my first and second books.

— Tracy K. Smith

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to…

— Tom Glazer

In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems.

— Tony Buzan

“My Poetry book ”

— Rabisha

My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.

— Helen Dunmore

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet.

— Philip Levine

I hadn't published a book of poetry in over a decade because I've been very ill. As I got better and started to write,…

— Ntozake Shange

My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've written poems as well, a slim volume of…

— Kate Thompson

One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance…

— Peter Coyote

I don't remember the first poem that I wrote because I've been creating poems since I was around 2 or 3. I don't have…

— Sarah Kay

I was a serious poet for quite a while and had little notebooks filled with poetry.

— Anonymous