Including Quote by Ho Chi Minh

My poems please the brave: My poems, short and sincere, Have the force of steel Which forges swords.

— Jose Marti

We want poems that kill assassin poems, poems that shoot guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys. And take their weapon, leaving them dead

— Anonymous

For a successful writer, the secret is to have many irons in the fire. Write the next thing.

— Jon Spaihts

There's a great deal of poetry in working out how things work, cutting bits of metal, trying to mend stuff.

— James May

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

— Criss Jami

Poetry is about as much a 'criticism of life' as red-hot iron is a criticism of fire.

— Ezra Pound

I shall, in due time, be a Poet.

— Ada Lovelace

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

— Sara Genn

“Of course we had hoped that he would take up his sword as part of the President's war on poetry. The time is ripe…

— Donald Barthelme

We need help, the poet reckoned.

— Edward Dorn

You'll accidentally find in barrows of books wrought-iron lines of long-buried poems, handle them with the care that respects ancient but terrible weapons.. .

— Bill Vaughan

“There are horrible events going on all over the world. Human beings are really fucking up. Poets, we can’t just write poems. We have…

— Jeremiah Walton