Add Quote by James Laughlin
“Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind and recollection that he will read into it, and will add to what the poet has suggested. But I do think poetry readings are very important.”
![“[To write poems] I think it's important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of your reading is potentially helpful to your poetry.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e1e/nikki-giovanni-1757_book_to-write-poems-i-think-it-s-important-to_2575279.jpg)
