Poem Quote by Peter Davison

The ear writes my poems, not the mind.

— Stanley Kunitz

If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer?

— Jennifer Weiner

Maybe you're one of those people who writes poems, but rarely reads them. Let me put this as delicately as I can: If you…

— Kim Addonizio

Keats writes better about poems than anybody I've ever read. The things that he says about what he wants his own poems to be…

— Andrew Motion

“There is a girl who still writes you; she doesn’t know how not to.”

— Sarah Kay

I like poems that are complex.

— Peter Davison

“Don't compare her to sunshine and roses when she's clearly orchids and moonlight.”

— Melody Lee

“All I need to do is place my pen against paper and your love writes for me.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“Poems ought to reflect the work the poet does, and his relationships with other people, and family, and institutions, and organization.”

— Wallace Stegner

“Always write exactly what you’re feeling at the exact moment when writing something like poetry or an emotional novel. Put yourself, pour all emotions…

— Nina Jean Slack

A lot of my poems are about how ill I am and how I probably won't live beyond next week. I publish a poem…

— Clive James

“Poems are the chorus of our lives. the poet sets the words to the music of our souls. Each poem has its own rhythm…

— John H Ritter