Court Quote by John Updike

I love that works of art are printed so that anyone can buy them. The variety of what they put on little postcards astounds…

— Leonard Lauder

You should go from place to place recovering the poems that have been written for you to which you can affix your signature. Don't…

— Leonard Cohen

When I get sent manuscripts from aspiring poets, I do one of two things: if there is no stamped self-addressed envelope, I throw it…

— Philip Larkin

So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd…

— Aaron Neville

I am still interested in the long or serial poem, but have written a few smaller things. I may start sending to journals again…

— George Murray

“I write small poems— the kind that fit on a postcard… and still can break your heart”

— john j geddes

I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!

— Jane Levy

I have some weak poems in that new collection, which is why I'm not ready to send the collection out yet.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Oh, I've discarded a great many [poems]. And occasionally I've discarded and then resurrected. I would find a crumpled yellow ball of paper in…

— Conrad Aiken

Poems aren't postcards to send home.

— Anne Sexton

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

— Shelby Lynne

I have a vast 'bone pile' of stillborn or abandoned poems along with jottings and wisps from the great beyond that I tend to…

— Maxine Kumin