Concern Quote by John Ciardi

Anyone who holds a pen these days thinks he or she is a poet.

— Ilaiyaraaja

Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?

— Neil Gaiman

“A Poet = A willingness to be vulnerable & to trust the inner voice.”

— Morgan Dragonwillow

“The writing of the poetry is natural. It's the feeling of being connected to someone which moves the pen...”

— Jr. Lily

Was ever poet so trusted before?

— Samuel Johnson

True poets don't write their thoughts with a pen. They release the ink that flows from within their heart.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Best to say that once a poem is finished I trust it to make its way, and I trust readers will find their way…

— Seamus Heaney

The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling; Bringing to light and use, else hid from…

— Philip James Bailey

“Give a poet a pen”

— A. Jarrell Hayes

I don't believe a good poet is very often deliberately obscure. A poet writes in a way necessary to him or her; the reader…

— Lydia Davis

“Trust is when we plummet into the depths of an abyss and reach out for each other’s hands. —Amaderan Poetry, various authors ”

— Marie Lu

A poem is like a child; at some point we have to let it go and trust that it will make its own way…

— Dorianne Laux