Inspiration Quote by Mahmoud Darwish

“Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.”

— Leonard Cohen

Poetry itself hasn't been well served by poets who fled to the margins.

— Edward Hirsch

Poetry is not a luxury.

— Audre Lorde

I am not interested in poetry for poetry's sake.

— Ernesto Cardenal

For even bad poetry has relevance for what it does not say for what it leaves out.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

— Robert Frost

It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.

— Anonymous

Poetry is the enemy of the poem.

— Stanley Kunitz

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

— Mark Strand

The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

— James Stephens