Blue Quote by William Carlos Williams

What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.

— Sherman Alexie

I often say poetry was my first love.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.

— Marguerite Young

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've…

— David Knopfler

I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.

— Felix Dennis

After I saw my first poem published, I became interested in the immortalization of words and the fact that you could put something out…

— Amber Tamblyn

The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good…

— Amber Tamblyn

If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.

— Anonymous

My life has been the poem I would have writ, But I could not both live and utter it.

— Henry David Thoreau

“A poem was a box for your soul. That was the point. It was the place where you could save bits of yourself, and…

— Andrea Ashworth

Poetry helps my soul escape its encasement.

— Maya Angelou