I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular. Amy Winehouse poetryputtsong Change image and share on social
Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career. Omari Hardwick actbridgecareer Change image and share on social
The commitment to working at poetry is important because a poet is a maker, and a poem is a made thing. We have to honor our feelings by working to transform them into something meaningful and lasting. Edward Hirsch commitmentfeelinghonor share on social
I have my Poetry 180 project, which I've made my main project. We encourage high schools, because that's really where, for most people, poetry dies off and gets buried under other adolescent pursuits. Billy Collins adolescentburyencourage Change image and share on social
After attending the gymnasium between my eighth and seventeenth years, I studied classical philology at Berlin University for two years under Boeckh and Lachmann, and with the friendly support of Emanuel Geibel and Franz Kugler, I dabbled in all sorts of poetry. Paul Heyse attendberlinboeckh share on social
My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose. Tao Lin bookpoetryprose Change image and share on social
Poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home. Seamus Heaney artdomestichome Change image and share on social
I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity. James Dickey feverpoetrytranquillity Change image and share on social
