Poetry Passion Quotes

I would read the Shel Silverstein poems, Dr. Seuss, and I noticed early on that poetry was something that just stuck in my head and I was replaying those rhymes and try to think of my own. In English, the only thing I wanted to do was poetry and all the other kids were like, "Oh, man. We have to write poems again?" and I would have a three-page long poem. I won a national poetry contest when I was in fourth grade for a poem called "Monster In My Closet.

My love of written language is every bit as great as my love for music.

I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat.

Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.

I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.

I dabbled in verse and it became my life

It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.

Since the age of 15 poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles; which has sometimes won me the reputation of an eccentric.