I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my poetry when I'm not looking, but I never even considered that my fan was thinking about me. George Murray considerentertainfan Change image and share on social
The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry. Alice McDermott catholicchurchgospel Change image and share on social
Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you. Ellen Bass intimatepoetryspeak Change image and share on social
Without poetry, stories would be told in sepia. Ellen Hopkins poetrysepiastory Change image and share on social
Nothing is too small. Nothing is too, quote-unquote, ordinary or insignificant. Those are the things that make up the measure of our days, and they're the things that sustain us. And they're the things that certainly can become worthy of poetry. Rita Dove dayinsignificantmake share on social
I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry. Ben Okri begincircleconscious share on social
You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words. Stephane Mallarme ideamakepoem Change image and share on social
I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose. Shelby Foote incidentallyincludeinterest Change image and share on social
I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry. Robert Morgan encourageessencepoetry Change image and share on social
