Hints Quote by Rumi

Listen to presences inside poems.

— Rumi

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.

— Jim Morrison

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.

— Jim Morrison

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

— Jean Cocteau

Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's…

— Philip Levine

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

— Joseph Joubert

Learn poetry by heart. If you know a poem by heart, no one can take it away from you, and you can take advantage…

— Raymond Aubrac

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

— Joseph Joubert

“How to be a Poet (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection,…

— Wendell Berry

Read poems to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read them while you're alone in an otherwise…

— Edward Hirsch

I have a new method of poetry. All you got to do is look over your notebooks... or lay down on a couch, and…

— Allen Ginsberg

My advice to aspiring poets is to find a community of other poets who are willing to read one another's work. And to read…

— Lucia Perillo