Career Quote by Edward Hirsch

“And the poet who fears to take the risk that what he writes may turn out not to be poetry at all, is a…

— T.S.Eliot

“A true poet is one who can appreciate the disciplines and structures of any and all styles of poetry.”

— David J Delaney

“Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into…

— Thomas Carlyle

“The nature of poems Is a matter of words and deeds An intimate encounter of voice In the ache of the heart In the…

— Kendall Dana Lockerman

“My job as a poet, is not to succumb to despair but to find in words, an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”

— Michelle Geaney

“On Writing Poetry: Take everyday words beyond everyday talent and write them alive.”

— C.J. Heck

“A genuine poet is one who writes about experiences before they happen to him.”

— T.S Eliot

“You wish to be a poet; you wish to be a lover. But the splendid clarity of your intelligence, and the remorseless honestly of…

— Virginia Woolf

“Nothing fills the world quite as poetry does. A poet need not dwell on the pagecount of his life.”

— D.A. Botta

“i am simply the poet. the poem is the one that can change your life. – medium”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“A Poet = A willingness to be vulnerable & to trust the inner voice.”

— Morgan Dragonwillow

“Why he's a poet, you know, so he may live upon learning.”

— Frances Burney