Bolt Quote by Gioconda Belli

I love poetry, but I find it so difficult to write well.

— Emily Susan Rapp

Poems are not easy to start, and they're not easy to finish. There's a great pleasure in - I wouldn't say ease, but maybe…

— Billy Collins

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

— Steve Earle

I'm not a poet. So the writing process is a difficult one for me.

— Billy Squier

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.

— Michael Helm

Writing poetry is such an intense experience that it helps to start the process in a casual or wayward frame of mind.

— Edward Hirsch

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

— Ed Westwick

Its not easy to write a poem about a poem.

— Dejan Stojanovic

Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows…

— Jeanette Winterson

Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.

— Ishmael Reed

I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and…

— Alice Walker

You're alone with yourself and your own feelings and that gives you deeper access to what you need to get in touch with to…

— Edward Hirsch