Someone who's awake in the middle of the night is a soul consciousness when everyone else is asleep, and that creates a feeling of solitude in poetry that I very much like. Edward Hirsch asleepawakeconsciousness Change image and share on social
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. Paul Valery impossiblepoetry Change image and share on social
Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music. Christian Louboutin architecturecodeinspire Change image and share on social
All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first. Denis Johnson importantmodernplay Change image and share on social
I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality. Mark Strand americandefectexploit Change image and share on social
Poetry for me is very easy. It's like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem comes into my head, and I just have to go to the page, to the typewriter, to the computer or whatever and write it. Gioconda Belli boltcallcomputer share on social
I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in. Natasha Trethewey experiencefeltfind share on social
I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right. Maya Angelou badfinallymississippi Change image and share on social
A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does. Robert Morgan connectiondiscoveryform Change image and share on social
He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel discoverphilosophypoetry Change image and share on social
