Associates Quote by Masiela Lusha

I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers

— Audre Lorde

Like your Mom was a Poet Girl? I see you take after her with your lyrics !!

— Glen Rambharack

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

— Natasha Trethewey

My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.

— Guy Johnson

“My mom has poetry in her, something I never would have guessed. It must be where my words come from, flowing through me with…

— Mindy McGinnis

I like bringing my poet brain and sensibility to lyrics I write.

— Jamila Woods

When I was younger, I was so crazy about poetry that I didn't notice who was noticing. It seemed to me so tremendous and…

— Robert Hass

Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand…

— Natasha Trethewey

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

— Seamus Heaney

I get to a point when I've collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes…

— PJ Harvey

“My mother is a poem I'll never be able to write, though everything I write is a poem to my mother.”

— Sharon Doubiago