Poetry Quote by Mark Nepo

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

— Christina Aguilera

I want to be a poet, from head to toe, living and dying by poetry.

— Federico Garcia Lorca

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

— Nicholson Baker

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'm really into poetry.

— Grace Potter

I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.

— Mary Oliver

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be…

— Alice Walker

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and breathing people…

— Denise Duhamel

I love to write poetry.

— Shayne Ward