Bags Quote by Dylan Thomas

A poem doesn’t come out and tell you what it has to say. It circles back on itself, eating its own tail and making…

— Franny Billingsley

I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.

— J. Patrick Lewis

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it.

— Diane Wakoski

Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat.

— Osbert Sitwell

“Have you ever wondered What happens to all the poems people write? The poems they never let anyone else read? Perhaps they are Too…

— Shaun Tan

Writing poetry is a process of discovery...you can smell the poem before you see it…Like some animal.

— Denise Levertov

“There are a handful of poems, which perhaps might need their own warning for the people who are frightened, disturbed, or terminally puzzled by…

— Neil Gaiman

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

— Anonymous

“Do you know what people do when they read poetry?  They try to figure out what was going on in the poet’s head, and…

— Debora Geary

“Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you…

— Kamand Kojouri

“Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something…

— Mary Oliver

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed…

— Charlotte Gray