Accepting Quote by Jay Asher

I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers

— Audre Lorde

“My mother is a poem I'll never be able to write, though everything I write is a poem to my mother.”

— Sharon Doubiago

I didn't write my poems because I wanted to, they were wrung from me. I had to write them.

— Maxine Kumin

“My mom has poetry in her, something I never would have guessed. It must be where my words come from, flowing through me with…

— Mindy McGinnis

No poem in the world could do my mom justice. Despite circumstance and adversity, she had an unwavering love for her kids and a…

— Ed Schultz

“I am sorry this became, a poem I beg you, please do not think as blame Trust me as you trust god I am…

— Santosh Kalwar

“Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You.”

— Kamand Kojouri

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

— Natasha Trethewey

“It is dishonest to give me a poem and pretend to want my opinion when what you really want are reasons to live.”

— Deborah Levy

My mom told me that I should trust the man who could see the sorrow behind my smile, the love behind my anger, and…

— Jill Shalvis

I'm a poet, and I like my lies the way my mother used to make them.

— Aleister Crowley