The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth. Natasha Trethewey backbringearth Change image and share on social
The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming. George Murray communityextraordinarilypoetry Change image and share on social
Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. Beverley Nichols bookchaptermarriage Change image and share on social
I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months. Tom Wesselmann dealmonthpoetry Change image and share on social
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment. P. J. Harvey assignmentcreativedraw share on social
The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology. Basil Bunting confuseconfusiondestructive share on social
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. Anne Stevenson definefeelingfrailty Change image and share on social
I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular. Amy Winehouse poetryputtsong Change image and share on social
Daydreaming is one of the key sources of poetry - a poem often starts as a daydream that finds its way into language - and walking seems to bring a different sort of alertness, an associative kind of thinking, a drifting state of mind. Edward Hirsch alertnessassociativebring share on social
The commitment to working at poetry is important because a poet is a maker, and a poem is a made thing. We have to honor our feelings by working to transform them into something meaningful and lasting. Edward Hirsch commitmentfeelinghonor share on social
