Need Quote by J. David Gray

I think Miss Moore was right to cut "The Steeple-Jack" - the poem seems plainer and clearer in its shortened state but she has…

— Randall Jarrell

“A poem isn't finished until it's heard.”

— Jade Foster

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.

— Wallace Stevens

Workers need poetry more than bread. They need that their life should be a poem. They need some light from eternity. Religion alone can…

— Simone Weil

A good poem has its own life. It's like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but the child…

— David Whyte

“A good poem doesn't need to rhyme or have fancy words. It needs to touch the reader, hug them when arms cannot do the…

— Goldie Nanwani

“Dismantle the sun, pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods: For nothing now can ever come to any good…” The poem by…

— Lori Ryan

You say to yourself, Well, this poem isn't going to be any good, but I'll write it anyway.

— Robert Bly

“A poem isn't selfish. It speaks to people.”

— Wallace Stegner

Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose…

— Campbell McGrath

I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn't perfectly suited to accommodating such data, so…

— Campbell McGrath

This sorry poem Isn't long It's simply to say I was wrong!!

— John Walter Bratton