Ask yourself Quote by Wendy Cope

Poetry is not an assertion of truth, but the making of that truth more fully real to us.

— T. S. Eliot

“Poets only write the truth.”

— Shannon Lynette

“If you have to ask, what a poem is all about. You didn't feel it. ~ ”

— Lady Bug

My poems often start with an idea, some kind of inspiration. I don't expect anything. Every now and then something like "The One Truth"…

— Philip Schultz

Sometimes you have a poem that you really want to write and it never happens.

— C. K. Williams

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

— Trevor McDonald

“A poem isn't a good poem, until you need it.”

— J. David Gray

You shouldn't let poets lie to you.

— Bjork

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

— John Ciardi

Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.

— Mark Forsyth

This is truth the poet sings . . .

— John Greenleaf Whittier

“There are many things you can lie your way through; poetry is not one of them.”

— Nicole Lyons