Objects Quote by W. H. Auden

“A poet is somebody who has written a poem.”

— Wallace Stegner

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages. ”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

— Anne Stevenson

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of messages.”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

“A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Poetry is ... the physical enactment of a process of knowing by means of language.

— Mark Doty

I didn't read poetry seriously until college, when I really began to devour it in a very intense way. I also discovered that a…

— Edward Hirsch

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of…

— Mary Oliver

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

Poetry is telling something to someone.

— Marie Howe

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and…

— William Wordsworth

A poem is really a kind of machine for producing the poetic state by means of words.

— Paul Verlaine