Educated Quote by Paul Muldoon

More people write poetry than read it.

— George Carlin

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

— Peter Davison

The only people who still read poetry are poets, and they mostly read their own.

— Barbara Holland

For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot…

— Thomas M. Disch

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

— Nathalie Sarraute

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

— Jack Prelutsky

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

— Adrian Mitchell

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say…

— James Laughlin

“There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want to say…

— Gary D. Schmidt

Who, except the poets, reads poetry?

— Babette Deutsch

If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity…

— Randall Jarrell

No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down--impossible for them to stop reading…

— Muriel Rukeyser