Life Quote by Pattiann Rogers

So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins…

— Tracy K. Smith

What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.

— Sherman Alexie

What triggers a poem for me is not the same as what triggers an essay. My mind is geared now to looking for, or…

— Pattiann Rogers

A poem can use anything to talk about anything.

— Jane Hirshfield

A poem is like a painting.

— Horace

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

— Shelby Lynne

I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.

— Natasha Trethewey

I'm really into poetry.

— Grace Potter

My work should be seen as poetry.

— Robert Wilson

Some of my pictures are poem-like in the sense that they are very condensed, haiku-lik. There are others that, if they were poetry, would…

— Sally Mann

I feel that anything is possible in a poem.

— Mark Strand

Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention.

— Mark Strand