Acts Quote by Eric Whitacre

Poetry is music written for the human voice.

— Maya Angelou

“Poetry is music for the human voice. Until you actually speak it or someone speaks it, it has not come into its own.”

— Maya Angelou

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of messages.”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

A poem is like a score for the human voice.

— Li-Young Lee

Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines…

— Robert Pinsky

I believe that poems are a score for performance by the reader, and that you become the speaking voice. You don't read or overhear…

— Helen Vendler

Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

— Ellen Bass

A poem, once it's written, is meant to be read with the inner voice of the person who reads it.

— Tony Harrison

The music is notated first, the text follows. I might have to wait until the right kind of text or form arises. I often…

— Anne Waldman

Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even.

— Carolyn Forche

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages. ”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

“Poetry is about finding the best way to plagiarize the reader’s ideas, thoughts, emotions, feelings and memories, their past present or future states of…

— Cody Edward Lee Miller