Abandoned Quote by Paul Valery

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

— Paul Valery

Poets don't finish poems, they abandon them.

— Anonymous

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so…

— Erica Jong

Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.

— Rick Yancey

Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.

— Richard Hell

Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.

— Thomas Lynch

Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.

— Natasha Trethewey

“A poem isn't finished until it's heard.”

— Jade Foster

I hope to leave behind a few poems it will be hard to get rid of.

— Robert Frost

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

— Antonin Artaud

“Where have all the poets gone? Rhyme with passion left unsung, Even now my heart it yearns, Until my poet prince returns.’ ”

— Heather Burch

Poetry is an orphan of silence.

— Charles Simic