Passion Quote by Lucie Brock-Broido

“A poem is a heroic act of integration that binds into rough harmony the chorus of forces within and outside the soul. A poem…

— Tony Hoagland

Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not…

— Ama Ata Aidoo

I'm only interested in poetry.

— Charles Bukowski

Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it--

— Franz Wright

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

— Steve Earle

Poetry springs directly from our primal need and capacity for communication[Poetry] mobilizes such a concentration of devices, such an intensification of language via rhythm,…

— Sven Birkerts

I want to make a poem of my life.

— Yukio Mishima

Poems that come swiftly are usually the ones that you keep.

— Seamus Heaney

“The nature of poems Is a matter of words and deeds An intimate encounter of voice In the ache of the heart In the…

— Kendall Dana Lockerman

I like to use research to enlarge the poem. And sometimes a rhetorical or syntactical gesture stitches the poem along.

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

I like poems that are complex.

— Peter Davison

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

— Rita Dove