Contemporary Quote by Diane Wakoski

Poetry is not the record of an event: it is an event.

— Robert Lowell

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.

— Chang-Rae Lee

I hope I'm not implying role of contemporary poet for myself, although there's a kind of resonant paradigm. It's traditionally a difficult role.

— Anne Waldman

"Poetry" refers to the quite challenging and quite resistant sets of words put together to be admired and interpreted by people who are already…

— Stephen Burt

It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.

— Horace

Poetry is a comforting piece of fiction set to more or less lascivious music.

— H. L. Mencken

Poetry fills clubs, halls and venues. Poets and poems can talk to the deepest feelings and to the silliest. It can be like stand-up…

— Michael Rosen

“Why should it be any surprise that people find solace in the most intimate literary genre? Poetry slows us down, cherishes small details. A…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

I myself always want to talk about "poetry," not "the poem."

— Paul Fry

Ideally, I'd like to write poetry for public performances and prose for a different, more contemplative kind of consumption.

— Amitava Kumar

People should be stopped from writing poetry. There's far too much of it. And if they're any good, they'll go ahead anyways.

— Clive James

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's…

— Jane Campion