Approach Quote by Jonathan Santlofer

“Poetry can unleash a terrible fear. I suppose it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own endless set of…

— Jim Carroll

I never think of my audience when I write a poem. I try to write out of whatever is haunting me; in order for…

— Rita Dove

More often than not in poetry I find difficulty to be gratuitous and show-offy and camouflaging, experimental to a kind of insane degree -…

— Billy Collins

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

— Anonymous

I have poetic failures all the time. Many failed poems. I try not to publish those, though some have slipped into each book, since…

— Matthea Harvey

I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.

— Jane Campion

My falling in love with spoken word poetry definitely came out of that time period where all the adults around me were failing to…

— Sarah Kay

I wrote poetry in a secretive way, I think, a secret from myself, I mean. I wrote it because it gave me great pleasure…

— Philip Schultz

Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the universal -…

— May Sarton

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

— Gail Carriger

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

— Morgan Dragonwillow

I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes close read,…

— Masiela Lusha