Language Quote by Rupi Kaur

For me, the power of the poetry in 'Milk and Honey' is the feeling you get after finished reading the poem. It's the emotion…

— Rupi Kaur

I still have a feeling that I haven't written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there…

— Carol Ann Duffy

To me, poetry is spoken - not exclusively, but there's a mix of languages in it. That's what I liked about 'For the Confederate…

— Kevin Young

What's interesting about songs where the writer is genuinely in love with words is that it's easy to read the lyrics like a poem.

— Ann Reed

I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter,…

— Carol Ann Duffy

All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My poetry is metrical, rhyming.

— Sophie Hannah

I just discovered when I was, oh, 12 or 13, that I was very interested in language - and this showed itself as poetry.…

— Edwin Morgan

As I read more and more - and it was not all verse, by any means - my love for the real life of…

— Dylan Thomas

“The language of poetry is a language of deep intimacy that is meant to touch the human spirit and awaken it to the mystery…

— Ron Starbuck

I write a lot of children's verse and I think it delights in the language. It pleases people. It's very musical. It's very lyrical…

— Mary Ann Hoberman

The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself, I had come to love just the words…

— Dylan Thomas

“There are a lot of human experiences that challenge the limits of our language,” she said. “That’s one of the reasons that we have…

— Ava Dellaira