Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. Peter Davison appeallevelpoetry Change image and share on social
You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart. Carol Ann Duffy buseverydayfind Change image and share on social
Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it. Seamus Heaney achievehardpoetry Change image and share on social
When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading. Billy Collins laureatelotpoet Change image and share on social
It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. John Drinkwater addformhabitually Change image and share on social
As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide. Jane Campion criticismdecidekeats Change image and share on social
A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression. Fyodor Dostoevsky impressionorderpoetry Change image and share on social
I don't want to, in any way, characterize a race or a people or get accused of racial profiling, but the Irish, as lyrical and romantic as they can be in their poetry, they can be every bit as repressed in their personal relations. Stephen Lang accusebitecharacterize share on social
I began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids, repeating the lines over and over until I had them right, making some of the rhythm of the horse help. Paul Engle begincedarfine share on social
