Cases Quote by Robert Bringhurst

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

— Norman MacCaig

Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

— William Hughes Mearns

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of…

— Helen Dunmore

In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.

— Li-Young Lee

Poetry is the language of extremity. Poetry is a transfer of potency. You feel something potent and then you transfer it onto the page.

— Li-Young Lee

To me, poetry is a rational act. I never write a poem if I'm not sure what I am going to say or what…

— Luljeta Lleshanaku

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

— Robert Frost

Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.

— Sonia Sanchez

Poetry is like pooping. If there is a poem inside of you, it has to come out. Sometimes it can be really difficult and…

— Sarah Kay

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

— Caroline Kennedy

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what…

— Allen Ginsberg

A poem, necessarily, sits at a register that's different from our usual conversational voices. You have to listen more actively to get to the…

— Tracy K. Smith