Important Quote by T. S. Eliot

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

— T. S. Eliot

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an…

— Stevie Smith

It was as important to live poetically as to write poems.

— James Broughton

Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems.

— Mary Oliver

It's difficult to put your own bare ass out on the limb every time you sit down to write a poem. But that's really…

— Sam Hamill

“Is it that important? Wouldn’t it be more important to teach the least powerful? To help them make the most of what they do…

— Rainbow Rowell

The poets are the standard bearers of language. Their work lives or dies word by word. When I write and can hear a clunky…

— Janet Fitch

“Writing poetry is about learning to pare down the poem to the most essential words. Every word used has to be crucial to the…

— Harley King

If I were assigned poems I suppose I'd write more of them but it is entirely voluntary and for the most part ignored in…

— Thomas Lynch

There are certain functions that a writer has to do. In a time of crisis, it is great to have heroic poems, as it…

— Derek Walcott

In terms of what I write about, I consider no subject too small. Often it's the small moments, that through the amplification of poetry,…

— Allison Joseph

“So many times in a single day we glimpse a view beyond the apparent. Write those moments down. They might not speak to you…

— Joy Williams