Books Quote by James Arthur

Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to…

— Martha Ronk

“The beauty of poetry is that it can mean different things to different people at different times.”

— Wendy Higgins

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

— Nathalie Sarraute

They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.

— Tom Glazer

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

— Kevin Powers

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for…

— Hannah Arendt

“Poems is what could keep us happy, different words, different poets, different paths.”

— Deyth Banger

If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.

— Nikki Giovanni

“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.”

— Suzy Kassem

“Considering the ways in which so many of us waste our time, what would be wrong with a world in which everybody were writing…

— Ted Kooser

“Poets aren't poets because of the way they write, they are poets because of the way they see the world.”

— Brandon Gene Petit

Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

— Anonymous