Addresses Quote by James Arthur

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea,…

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in…

— James Arthur

I don't think any poetry is written that isn't primarily written to the self, in a way... I'm always talking to myself. But I…

— Kay Ryan

Ideally, I'd like to write poetry for public performances and prose for a different, more contemplative kind of consumption.

— Amitava Kumar

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't…

— Robert Graves

A lot of my activity in the theatre, and even in writing poems, was a kind of retrospective aggro on the English teacher who…

— Tony Harrison

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try…

— Robert W. Service

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get…

— David Whyte

Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert hall or…

— Tony Harrison

It is always better to write for the whole of society than for the poetry-reading public.

— Tony Harrison

To write poetry, like sincere poetry, it is like performing heart surgery on yourself without anesthesia...in public...You are peeling back layers. You are dissecting…

— Amir Sulaiman

I find it creatively satisfying to write material and say it out loud in a public place, whether or not anyone's listening.

— Maria Bamford