Edinburgh Quote by Norman MacCaig

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

— David Hockney

I cannot understand why poetry is not taught at schools as a way of seeing, a quick, untiring path to essentials.

— May Sarton

Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I'm grateful for that.

— Joan Larkin

I never had much education in English poetry as such,

— Anne Carson

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in…

— Huston Smith

People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.

— Tracy Kidder

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

— Norman MacCaig

My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.

— Victoria Chang

People say you cant teach writing, but I think thats nonsense.

— Tracy Kidder

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry.

— Robert Morgan

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

There's no one right way to teach poetry in schools.

— Michael Rosen