I can Quote by Philip Levine

But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity.

— Philip Levine

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

— Ed Westwick

I use poetry to help me work through what I don’t understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full…

— Sarah Kay

Things that I have a hard time being able to fully grasp, sometimes writing the poem helps me work through it. Or I get…

— Sarah Kay

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.

— David Antin

I write poetry in order to live more fully.

— Judith Rodriguez

I link what I do more to poetry usually because it sounds less lofty than a lot of other things.

— Rick Owens

Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.

— Seamus Heaney

And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream…

— Paul Gauguin

I'm really into poetry.

— Grace Potter

Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.

— Omari Hardwick

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

— Shelby Lynne