Ears Quote by Vikram Seth

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of…

— Helen Dunmore

If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language…

— Rita Dove

Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows…

— Jeanette Winterson

I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write poetry and…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to…

— David Whyte

For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot…

— Thomas M. Disch

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and…

— June Jordan

The secret of understanding poetry is to hear poetry's words as what they are: the full self's most intimate speech, half waking, half dream.…

— Jane Hirshfield

The way to become a poet is to read poetry and to imitate what you read and to read passionately and widely and in…

— Edward Hirsch

One good way to start writing poetry is to read all kinds of poetry: not just in order to imitate but to fill up…

— Valerie Worth

Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your…

— Ray Bradbury

Poetry is its own medium; it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching…

— Story Musgrave