Dies Quote by W. H. Auden

Being a poet is like having an invisible partner. It isn't easy. But you can't live without it either. Talent is only 10 per…

— Selima Hill

“Now, you might think that because there are more poets than ever, there might be more opportunities for poets than ever. And you’d be…

— Jim Behrle

If our goal is to write poetry, the only way we are likely to be any good is to try to be as great…

— Donald Hall

Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job.

— Toi Derricotte

“On Writing Poetry: Take everyday words beyond everyday talent and write them alive.”

— C.J. Heck

Poetry's a thing that belongs to everyone.

— Natasha Trethewey

This quality becomes important at a time when almost everyone is a poet. And as I said, we live in an age where almost…

— Clive James

Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

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

— Robert Graves

Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.

— Wole Soyinka

“A poet is a person who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightening five or six times.”

— Anonymous

And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble tradition.

— Edward Hirsch