Annoying Quote by Robert Penn Warren

Writing poetry is a process of discovery...you can smell the poem before you see it…Like some animal.

— Denise Levertov

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure…

— J. K. Rowling

I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and…

— Alice Walker

You're alone with yourself and your own feelings and that gives you deeper access to what you need to get in touch with to…

— Edward Hirsch

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

— Norman MacCaig

Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.

— Adrian Mitchell

“Poetry is a painting of the imaginations of the human mind, but the reader needs to feel it and touch it.”

— Adewale Joel

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

— Sonia Sanchez

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.

— Michael Helm

The trouble with poetry is it's often written to the sound of a drum only the poet may hear; nonetheless, blessed are those poets…

— Criss Jami

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

— Cesare Pavese

Poetry is a hazardous occupation, very hazardous. There may be bad things in there inside you that maybe you can't handle.

— James Dickey