Accountants Quote by Jerome Rothenberg

Poetry's a thing that belongs to everyone.

— Natasha Trethewey

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

— Robert Graves

Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more accessible and…

— Sarah Kay

Teachers should be very careful not to spoil their pupils' taste for poetry for all time by making it a task and an imposition.

— Ernest Shackleton

It may be said that an education which does not succeed in making poetry a resource in the business of life as well as…

— John Dewey

The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives…

— Anonymous

My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.

— Victoria Chang

Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I'm grateful for that.

— Joan Larkin

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern…

— Andrew Motion

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

— Robert Frost

“There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it.”

— BORGES JORGE LUIS

My poetry is me trying to reconcile my own life and opportunities I've had with opportunities my students aren't given and how profoundly unfair…

— Clint Smith