Books Quote by John Ciardi

The reading of a poem should be an experience. Its writing must be all the more so.

— Wallace Stevens

From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.

— Mark Strand

“There is a difference between a poem and a writing incrusted with a feel of Poetry to fall within range”

— Mpho Leteng

Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what…

— Dana Gioia

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

— Mahmoud Darwish

To be a good poet, you must care more about the writing, than the writer.

— Lucille Clifton

I still have a feeling that I haven't written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there…

— Carol Ann Duffy

“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm…

— Alok Mishra

“Poetry is not about how we feel, of course. It’s about how we feel about how we feel. Knowing how we feel about how…

— Adrian Blevins

The number of people who read a poem is not as important as how the poem affects those who read it.

— Derek Walcott

“Superior poets say what they really feel. Mediocre poets say what they decide to feel. Inferior poets say what they think they should feel.”

— Álvaro de Campos

Readers bring their own experiences, their own range of - their own wisdom, their own knowledge, their own insights to poem and the meaning…

— Edward Hirsch