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
I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits. J. Carter Brown artfindkindred Change image and share on social
The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all. Peter Davison headmakepeople Change image and share on social
Prose is not so dependent on sound. The line of poetry, with the breaking of the line - to me, sound is the kind of doorway into poetry. And my sense of sound, or my ability to control it, lapsed or grew less. Donald Hall abilitybreakcontrol share on social
Form is endlessly interesting to me, and I love poetry as a formal enterprise. Mary Szybist endlesslyenterpriseform Change image and share on social
In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings. Donald Hall consumptionenormoushave Change image and share on social
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. Percy Bysshe Shelley happymindmoment Change image and share on social
The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But it's not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it I've met, and think they're incredibly witty, inventive - there's a lot of poetry there. Martin Amis classfictionfine share on social
The next big push in my life is trying to get poetry popular again. Joshua Sasse biglifepoetry Change image and share on social
I like to give and get basically anything (I love to read) but especially fiction and poetry. Suzan-Lori Parks basicallyfictiongive Change image and share on social
