College Quote by Josh Lieb

I earn more than I thought I would when I became a poet.

— Anonymous

I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.

— Wislawa Szymborska

I really wanted to be a poet - until I realized that I really didn't have what it took to be a poet.

— Celeste Ng

I consider poetry my vocation, not my "career." My career is as a university professor; that's what pays the bills.

— Cate Marvin

I was pushing for a career in poetry and of course the received wisdom was that you would never make a living at it.

— John Cooper Clarke

I became a poet at the age of sixteen. I did not intend to do it. It was not my fault.

— Margaret Atwood

I was writing since I can remember - I just didn't know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.

— Amanda Gorman

I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable…

— Robert Bringhurst

I have decided to be a poet. My father said there isn't a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring…

— Sue Townsend

I had a million jobs before I managed to make a living out of poetry.

— John Cooper Clarke

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.

— Erica Jong