Book Quote by Kenneth Rexroth

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

— Eminem

“Nobody reads poetry anymore So who the hell are you I see bent over this book?”

— Aleksandar Ristovic

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a…

— Viggo Mortensen

“My Poetry book ”

— Rabisha

I like it when someone gives me a new book of poetry by a poet I haven't read.

— Nell Freudenberger

When you find it you become the secret addressee of a literary text and I felt that their reader had been left out of…

— Edward Hirsch

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

— Anonymous

I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.

— Peleg Top

It's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life.

— Billy Collins

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

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

— Jane Campion

My obsessions tend to cluster, so I often have families of poems in which only a couple of them make it to the book.…

— Anna Journey