Inspirational Quote by Gaston Bachelard

One must read poetry with one's nerves.

— Wallace Stevens

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

— Norman MacCaig

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry

— Paul Muldoon

“There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want to say…

— Gary D. Schmidt

The unconscious mind writes poetry if it's left alone.

— Stephen King

But to do its noticing and judging, poetry balances itself on the pinprick of the moment. Slowing down, stopping yourself completely, to read and…

— Ian Mcewan

You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two roads go…

— Gary D. Schmidt

The only people who still read poetry are poets, and they mostly read their own.

— Barbara Holland

The mysterious thing about writing poetry is that when you're - when things are going poorly, when you're not thinking well, even making two…

— Edward Hirsch

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

— Sherman Alexie

Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

— Karl Shapiro

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

— Eminem