Born Quote by Frances Mayes

Poetry is one of the most full ways of discovering what it feels like to be a human being in this particular moment, in…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

I'm only interested in poetry.

— Charles Bukowski

I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight…

— A. R. Ammons

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

— Shelby Lynne

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

— Christina Aguilera

Poetry is essentially the discovery, the love, the passion for the name of everything.

— Gertrude Stein

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

— Norman MacCaig

I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet

— Jane Austen

I want to be able to touch every part of our community with poetry.

— Clinton D. Powell

poetry had everything to teach me about life.

— Diane Ackerman

I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter,…

— Carol Ann Duffy