Lord Byron Quotes

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

I've written poetry most of my life.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

I like to write poetry.

My intention is to write poems. That's what I've been doing most of my life.

I have always found writing pleasant and don't understand what people mean by 'throes of creation.'

I'm an actress, primarily. I love to write poetry. I've been writing poetry since I was 12 years old.

To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well.

The poems I did write there [in Harvard] include Alphabets the 1984 Phi Beta Kappa poem and A Sofa in the Forties. And, of course, the John Harvard poem for the 350th anniversary Villanelle for an Anniversary.

Poetry is a mug's game.

Poetry - poiesis means a thing made.

It's a big thing to call yourself a poet. All I can say is that I have always written poems. I don't think I'm interested in any discussion about whether I'm a good poet, a bad poet or a great poet. But I am sure, I want to write great poems. I think every poet should want that.

I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: It's like going round explaining how you sleep with your wife.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

I began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids, repeating the lines over and over until I had them right, making some of the rhythm of the horse help.

I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.

I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.