Consistent Quote by Sarah Kay

I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for…

— Sarah Kay

For me, poetry is a way of thinking, and like many poets, I'm driven by the idea of trying to find the impossible, perfect…

— James Arthur

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and giving it…

— Mark Haddon

Poetry is poetry. My process is I try to write the best poem I can, in the best way to communicate whatever it is…

— Bao Phi

I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.

— Andre Dubus

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

— Ed Westwick

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

— Jeffery Deaver

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always…

— Blake Jenner

I love poetry - just to read it and be around it.

— Scott Glenn

Poetry is a language for when you can't quite write prose about something, you can't quite say it, but if you do a poem,…

— Sakyong Mipham

Writing poetry is such an intense experience that it helps to start the process in a casual or wayward frame of mind.

— Edward Hirsch