Inspirational Quote by Robert Bly

Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself.

— James Schuyler

To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice.…

— Richard Hugo

Often when I write poetry I don't quite know what I'm saying myself. I mean, I can't restate the poem. The meaning of the…

— Pattiann Rogers

Write the poem only you can write.

— Billy Collins

“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

But you hate poetry! Yes, but you make me want to write it.

— Cassandra Clare

I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.

— Andrew Motion

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

— C. K. Williams

I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.

— Carol Ann Duffy

It’s a good poem if I’m a different person when I’m finished reading it.

— Brandon Stanton

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

— Michael Faraday

Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

— William Hughes Mearns