Anybody Quote by Peter Davison

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't…

— Robert Graves

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an…

— Stevie Smith

When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in…

— James Arthur

A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen.

— Cecil Day-Lewis

A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and talk about football would not…

— Patrick Kavanagh

I have spoken to many broadcasters about bringing poetry to television and they're usually not keen.

— Frank Skinner

Poetry is telling something to someone.

— Marie Howe

“And when you are foolish enough to identify yourself as a poet, your interlocutors will often ask: A PUBLISHED Poet? And when you tell…

— Ben Lerner

Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time…

— Billy Collins

Poetry is meant to be heard.

— Mary Oliver

It's not a love of poetry readings that attracts those who do come to them but theater.

— A. R. Ammons

I don't think poetry has a readership anywhere, really, that's that big.

— Derek Walcott