Poetry Quote by James Shapiro

“Jonson wrote a poem and called his son His best piece of poetrie A lovely line a little loathsome I loved that poem once…

— Edward Hirsch

A good poet's made as well as born.

— Ben Jonson

“Thus, since time immemorial, it has been customary to accept the criticism of art from a man who may or may not have been…

— Aristotle

“Rare-book people have this in common with poets: they too are born, not made.”

— E. Millicent Sowerby

“the best poems it seems to me are written out of an ultimate need. and once the poem is written, the only need after…

— Charles Bukowski

Poets are born, not made

— American Proverb

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

— Suzy Kassem

“The Best Thing I love about being a writer and a poet is, I can make up my own words to fit my imagination.”

— Ocean Crisstopher Poet

“Many are poets, but without the name; For what is Poesy but to create From overfeeling Good or Ill; and aim At an external…

— George Gordon Byron

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

— Brandon Gene Petit

“A genuine poet is one who writes about experiences before they happen to him.”

— T.S Eliot

He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write…

— John Fowles