I've learned Quote by Jacqueline Woodson

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.

— James Broughton

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

— Nicholson Baker

I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the…

— Helen Dunmore

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

I've written poetry most of my life.

— Julia Michaels

My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.

— C. K. Williams

As a poet, one lives a bit on air. I always like someone who can teach me something practical.

— Sylvia Plath

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I'm grateful for that.

— Joan Larkin

I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

— Victoria Chang

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a…

— Viggo Mortensen