"A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be."

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"A poet often lives in an enchanted land where he sees things not with his eyes but with his feelings."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Poetry, Imagination, Feelings, Vision

"Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases."

William Shenstone, English Poet

Poetry,

"A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk."

Lisa Bonet, American Actress

Poetry, Community, Girls, Risk

"I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Poetry, Rain, Voice

"Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Poetry, Wisdom, Truth, Inspirational, Knowledge

"It is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem,-a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of a plant or an animal it has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing. The thought and the form are equal in the order of time, but in the order of genesis the thought is prior to the form."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Poetry, Thought, Nature, Creation

"From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Poetry, Prose

"I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem are very important to me."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Poetry, Sound, Words, Movement

"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

Stevie Smith, British Poet

Poetry,

"He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically."Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. He grinned at us, waiting for applause. "That last line was four syllables. Artemis said. Apollo frowned. "Was it? "No, no, that's six syllable, hhhm. He started muttering to himself. That's five syllables! He bowed, looking very pleased with himself."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Poetry, Humor, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose."

Poetry

"But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving."

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"It's very hard to write humor."

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"Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented."

Life

"And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem."

Poetry

"And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written."

Poetry

"The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions."

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"A poet often lives in an enchanted land where he sees things not with his eyes but with his feelings."

"Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases."

"A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk."

"I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests."

"Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig."

"From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose."

"I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem are very important to me."

"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

Explore more quotes by Mark Strand

"From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose."

"But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving."

"It's very hard to write humor."

"Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented."

"And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem."

"Nothing is the destiny of everyone, it is our commonness made dumb."

"I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me."

"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."

"And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written."

"The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions."