Doe Quote by Jeffery Deaver

There's not that many jobs in poetry.

— Tim Key

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

There's two kinds of women--those you write poems about and those you don't.

— Jeffrey McDaniel

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

I consider poetry my vocation, not my "career." My career is as a university professor; that's what pays the bills.

— Cate Marvin

What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?

— W. H. Auden

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

— Robert Frost

Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling.

— Edward Hirsch

But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to do much good.

— Sylvia Plath

Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small poets, and…

— Orson F. Whitney

I think poets should work in the non-literary, non-academic world, get to know more than a workshop or a university.

— Adrienne Rich

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of…

— Mary Oliver