Fall Quote by Dorianne Laux

I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.

— Andrew Motion

Sometimes you have a poem that you really want to write and it never happens.

— C. K. Williams

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

— Trevor McDonald

To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice.…

— Richard Hugo

Its not easy to write a poem about a poem.

— Dejan Stojanovic

Write the poem only you can write.

— Billy Collins

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

— Steve Earle

Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem. Even if I have never written one before and even…

— Paulo Coelho

“A poem isn't a good poem, until you need it.”

— J. David Gray

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

— Stephane Mallarme

I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.

— Martin Gore