Books Quote by George Carlin

More modern poetry is written than read.

— P. J. O'Rourke

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

— Peter Davison

More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race.

— Andrew Motion

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

— Paul Muldoon

I don't think poetry has a readership anywhere, really, that's that big.

— Derek Walcott

More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry

— Saul Williams

For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot…

— Thomas M. Disch

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

— Barbara Holland

People should be stopped from writing poetry. There's far too much of it. And if they're any good, they'll go ahead anyways.

— Clive James

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

— Nathalie Sarraute

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read…

— Mark Strand

The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what…

— Peter Davison