Donne Quote by Yvor Winters

“Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many…

— Oscar Wilde

“And the poet who fears to take the risk that what he writes may turn out not to be poetry at all, is a…

— T.S.Eliot

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

— C.J. Heck

“Poems ought to reflect the work the poet does, and his relationships with other people, and family, and institutions, and organization.”

— Wallace Stegner

“At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to be a…

— Matsuo Bashō

“Like every great writer before or since, Jonson understood that the best poets 'are both made and born'. That all great writing has to…

— James Shapiro

“Poetry is a poets work in clandestine chemistry and there is no ethic other than poethics!”

— Dona Mayoora

“Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something…

— Mary Oliver

“The nature of poems Is a matter of words and deeds An intimate encounter of voice In the ache of the heart In the…

— Kendall Dana Lockerman

He that works and does some Poem, not he that merely says one, is worthy of the name of Poet.

— Thomas Carlyle

“Poets and poetry help us express our emotions and experiences, making us feel less alone in our struggles.”

— Wajid Shaikh

Some poems are art because of their passion.

— Gerald Stern