Dressing Quote by Orlando Bloom

I use poetry to help me work through what I don’t understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full…

— Sarah Kay

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get…

— David Whyte

I rely on poetry or literature to keep me centered before I go onstage because it reminds me to be present.

— Carrie Coon

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

— Ed Westwick

If I'm working on a poem, it's at the forefront of my mind; I'm working on it when I'm cooking dinner or stretched out…

— Maxine Kumin

One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is "Whatever you do, don't be boring."

— Anne Sexton

Things that I have a hard time being able to fully grasp, sometimes writing the poem helps me work through it. Or I get…

— Sarah Kay

I usually begin a poem in longhand. I like to sit where I have a nice view, ideally, although I worked on haiku this…

— Pat Mora

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was…

— Simon Armitage

I can't picture myself starting out aiming to do anything or having much of an agenda.I think in writing a poem, I'm making some…

— Billy Collins

I have written every poem, every novel, for the same purpose-to find out what I think, to know where I stand.

— May Sarton

I do actually dabble in a bit of poetry! And I'm yet to pen a script, but it is something that I've been telling…

— Luke Treadaway