Endorsements Quote by Michael Longley

The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas…

— Sherman Alexie

For me, form is something I locate in the process of writing the poems. What I mean is, I start scribbling, and then try…

— Matthew Zapruder

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.

— Carol Ann Duffy

It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is…

— Mark Strand

Form is any aspect of a poem that encourages it to stay whole and not drift off into chaos.

— Billy Collins

I don't know where the shape of a poem comes from. I certainly don't impose it. I write out of a jumble of emotions…

— Michael Longley

Each poem seems to demand its own formal approach. In both drafting and revision, I'll play around with line lengths and stanza formations, eventually…

— Allison Joseph

I love form, but I'm not interested in forms. I've never written a sonnet or villanelle or sestina or any of that. For me,…

— Robert Pinsky

The form is always integral to the expression of the theme or to the sheer telling of the story, and sometimes the right form…

— Steve Erickson

I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music.

— Jamila Woods

Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.

— Anonymous

I have been a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form.

— Taliesin