Arrogance Quote by Richard Hugo

It's difficult to put your own bare ass out on the limb every time you sit down to write a poem. But that's really…

— Sam Hamill

One reason to write a poem is to flush from the deep thickets of the self some thought, feeling, comprehension, question, music, you didn't…

— Jane Hirshfield

Sometimes you have a poem that you really want to write and it never happens.

— C. K. Williams

Once considered an art form that called for talent, or at least a craft that called for practice, a poem now needs only sincerity.…

— Barbara Holland

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

— John Fowles

“Often one spends weeks trying to write a poem out of the conscious mind that never comes to anything - these are sort of…

— Philip Larkin

Its not easy to write a poem about a poem.

— Dejan Stojanovic

Write the poem only you can write.

— Billy Collins

I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row,…

— Ron Rash

A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to…

— Taylor Mali

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

— Steve Earle

When you write, don't say, "I'm going to write a poem." That attitude will freeze you right away. Sit down with the least expectation…

— Natalie Goldberg