It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry. John Singer Sargent overcomepoetrytalent Change image and share on social
It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life. David Whyte afraidartificialaverage Change image and share on social
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. Paul Valery abandonfinishpoem Change image and share on social
I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories. Bobby McFerrin bookchildpoetry Change image and share on social
Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way. Isaac Rosenberg poetryputread Change image and share on social
I despair of ever writing excellent poetry. Isaac Rosenberg despairexcellentpoetry Change image and share on social
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. Russell Baker airportanticipatebadly Change image and share on social
The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something. Rita Dove cloudecstasyfeel Change image and share on social
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories. Margaret Walker ancestralbodycollective Change image and share on social
Being able to say something lyrically, to say something that will do more than just be words, is really hard. It's easy to do when you're writing a chapter of a book or writing poetry, but it's really hard to do when you're confined to a melody line. Nikki Sixx bookchapterconfine share on social