Poetry Quote by Glen Rambharack

While some mothers sing lullabies to their children, my mother read me poetry. And to this day, I associate my strongest and most insistent…

— Masiela Lusha

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

— Bernie Taupin

“My mom has poetry in her, something I never would have guessed. It must be where my words come from, flowing through me with…

— Mindy McGinnis

With lyrics, being a poet gave me a different approach than other people.

— Jamila Woods

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

— Natasha Trethewey

I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers

— Audre Lorde

These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.

— Sara Genn

Poetry doesn't necessarily need to be some erudite thing. Your mom telling you a story is just as much poetry as some old 17th…

— Arlo Parks

My poetry definitely comes out of a female body.

— Rachel Zucker

“My mother is a poem I'll never be able to write, though everything I write is a poem to my mother.”

— Sharon Doubiago

My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.

— Guy Johnson

My poems mean what people take them to mean.

— Paul Valery