Doe Quote by J. K. Rowling

I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.

— Hortense Calisher

I think people turn to poetry more often than they think they do, or encounter it in more ways than they think that they…

— Natasha Trethewey

I don't want to turn any of this into poetry / but / you're so beautiful / flowers turn their heads to smell you

— Shane Koyczan

As a prose writer, I work with language; and those who work with language turn to poetry for renewal.

— Samuel R. Delany

“don't get too close, i'll turn you into poetry”

— Orion Carloto

“Many of the poets writing today are hung up on language and symbolism. If the poem does not have depth of meaning or fit…

— Harley King

I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and…

— Denise Levertov

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists…

— Allen Tate

“I won't have it, in poetry, that bulk counts. People say to me, 'Now settle down and do a long work, since you have…

— Robert Frost

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a…

— Wilfred Owen

I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain that the phrase, "a long poem," is simply a flat contradiction in terms.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If…

— Jorge Luis Borges