Chinese Quote by Sam Hamill

I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I've compiled a book of poetry that's completed, and two…

— Corin Nemec

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

— Tom Verlaine

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who…

— Andrew Motion

I think one of the things that distinguished my work from the beginning when I was in college was my turning towards poetry from…

— Edward Hirsch

I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends and people…

— Bei Dao

Granted, I'm someone who loves words. I've always loved poetry - so it's suited to me.

— Aimee Bender

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

— Norman MacCaig

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

— Naveen Andrews

“It's really rather easy to write eighth-century Chinese poetry," said Angus Lordie. "In English, of course. It requires little effort, I find.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

— Khalil Gibran

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

— Joseph Joubert