Language Quote by Jill Magid

Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the form.

— Matthea Harvey

Each poem seems to demand its own formal approach. In both drafting and revision, I'll play around with line lengths and stanza formations, eventually…

— Allison Joseph

When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing…

— Margaret Atwood

I approach writing a poem in a much different state than when I am writing prose. It's almost as if I were working in…

— Pattiann Rogers

On the one hand, I have wanted to supply documentation on myself by including material relevant to my emotions and ideas in my youth;…

— Edmund Wilson

My work should be seen as poetry.

— Robert Wilson

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

— Kevin Powers

My works really begin in a very simple way. Sometimes it's an image, and sometimes it's words I might write, like a fragment of…

— Bill Viola

Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work.

— Gunter Grass

I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write poetry and…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music.

— Jamila Woods

For me, form is something I locate in the process of writing the poems. What I mean is, I start scribbling, and then try…

— Matthew Zapruder