My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Philip Levine ambitioncarrymother Change image and share on social
Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. Robert Morgan excitementimportantintrude Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that. Robert Hass addressdoubtfulfeel Change image and share on social
Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. J. K. Rowling pleasurepoempoetry Change image and share on social
When I get depressed, I try to get something for the terrible sadness that comes over me and create something in terms of poetry. Spike Milligan createdepresspoetry Change image and 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
When you act, you've got to be like a poet or a musician. It's not about evidence before court. It's not a forensic subject. It's poetry; it's a completely different place. Rhys Ifans actcompletelycourt Change image and share on social
I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels. Tobias Wolff closeformnovel 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
