I despair of ever writing excellent poetry. Isaac Rosenberg despairexcellentpoetry Change image and share on social
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. Marguerite Young eliotinfluencejoseph Change image and share on social
Nothing I had written before 'Mary Poppins' had anything to do with children, and I have always assumed, when I thought about it at all, that she had come out of the same wall of nothingness as the poetry, myth and legend that had absorbed me all my writing life. P. L. Travers absorbassumechild share on social
I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels. But poetry was always there. Ben Okri beginevolvefundamental Change image and share on social
There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from. David Whyte aspectempiricismfierce Change image and share on social
I'm moving to Rio permanently with my family. It's one of the places left in the world where people still live with a big charge of poetry on a daily basis. I feel we've kind of lost that here in Europe. Vincent Cassel basisbigcharge share on social
Poetry is a release of something previously unknown into the visible. You write to invite that, to make of yourself a gathering of the unexpected and, with luck, of the unexpectable. Jane Hirshfield gatherinviteluck Change image and share on social
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
The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost. Seamus Heaney arrivalelevationfact Change image and share on social
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence. J. G. Stedman artdabbleeasy Change image and share on social
