Anthem Quote by Rachel Held Evans

In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work…

— Jeff Britting

A poem is like a score for the human voice.

— Li-Young Lee

My work should be seen as poetry.

— Robert Wilson

Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job.

— Toi Derricotte

The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to…

— Jane Kenyon

The commitment to working at poetry is important because a poet is a maker, and a poem is a made thing. We have to…

— Edward Hirsch

A song is a poem set to music.

— Tom T. Hall

Something should always change in a poem. The persona should learn something.

— James Tate

“A poem shouldn't just give melody; it should give meaning.”

— Amit Kalantri

Lyrics is commissioned work, it is my profession. But poetry is my statement to life.

— Gulzar

“What has praise and fame to do with poetry? Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?”

— Virginia Woolf

As we produce work that becomes pure poetry, we impact and influence our teammates, we wow our suppliers, we inspire customers and strangers. And…

— Robin S. Sharma