Clip Quote by Edward Hoagland

If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the…

— Charles Ives

I'm a poet who can whine in meter

— Sherman Alexie

Horse riding is a perfect comparison with singing.You must know where the double fences are.

— Luciano Pavarotti

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

— John Keats

Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter.

— Mason Cooley

Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline.

— Margaret Atwood

The monotony of a long heroic poem may often be pleasantly relieved by judicious interruptions in the perfect succession of rhymes, just as the…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values

— A. R. Ammons

“A poem is like a penny; each word has its worth!”

— Carl McKever

I began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids, repeating the…

— Paul Engle

A poem is like a score for the human voice.

— Li-Young Lee

Poetry is priceless… a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor.

— Marie Ponsot