Children Quote by Kathleen Norris

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

— Anonymous

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

— Norman MacCaig

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new…

— Carol Ann Duffy

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

— Dennis Potter

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

— Jack Prelutsky

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very…

— Robert Morgan

It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than…

— Orson F. Whitney

I cannot understand why poetry is not taught at schools as a way of seeing, a quick, untiring path to essentials.

— May Sarton

That’s all you really hope for from a book – that it’s going to resonate with young people and empower them in some way.…

— Kwame Alexander

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

— Charles Simic

Poetry and prayer are very similar

— Carol Ann Duffy

I always hesitate to call myself a children's poet, and I always hesitate to call what I write for children poetry. Though a few…

— Mary Ann Hoberman