Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture. Rita Dove gesturegoodhave share on social
I do believe that we've a responsibility to try to acknowledge the range, both geographic and graphic, of what's happening in poetry in English. I'm interested in poems that are first-rate. After that, I'm not too concerned if they come from Queens or Queensland. Paul Muldoon acknowledgeconcernenglish share on social
Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. David Hockney craftpoetryteach Change image and share on social
Most of the time, as an artist, I can be self-indulgent, fulfilling my own impulses, embracing imagery that contains poetry on my own terms, without immediate regard to an audience or the particular placement of my finished work. Clifford Ross artistaudienceembrace share on social
Poetry is this gorgeous, complex history rendered in verse and song, a blueprint that can lead you back into the world after you've walked into air. Robin Coste Lewis airbackblueprint Change image and share on social
When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you. Story Musgrave givepeopleplace Change image and share on social
I've always loved the poetry in 'Pale Fire.' I think it's wonderful. Jonathan Galassi firehavelove Change image and share on social
The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape? John Crowe Ransom artescapegenerally Change image and share on social
I'm about 75 pages into a book on poetry. I don't know if anybody wants to read it. It's on any broad variety of subjects. I walk down the street and think of a topic and jot it down and say, 'Okay, that's another one.' They go from the humorous to the serious to every topic imaginable. Marv Levy bookbroadhumorous share on social
San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it's all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from. Juan Felipe Herrera bigcontinuediego share on social
