986 Poetry Quotes for You to Enjoy

I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me. Joy Harjo

Me Poetry Chose Actually

All voices are important, and yet it seems that people of color have a lot to say, particularly if you look through the poetry of young people - a lot of questions and a lot of concerns about immigration and security issues, you name it - big questions. Juan Felipe Herrera

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Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action. Juan Felipe Herrera

Action Poetry Also Call

San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it's all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from. Juan Felipe Herrera

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My mother was a washerwoman - or a woman that cleaned houses in Texas... in Plano, Texas - who always loved poetry and always loved stories. Juan Felipe Herrera

Woman Mother Poetry Cleaned Houses Always Texas Stories Loved Who

Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture. Juan Ramon Jimenez

Culture Grace Before State Poetry After Literature

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Judy Collins

I've written poetry most of my life. Julia Michaels

Life My Life Poetry Written Most

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry. Julie Taymor

Superior Poetry Abstract Theater Far Film

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. June Jordan

Truth Political Telling Telling The Truth Poetry Involves Because Political Act Act

Like most lit nerds, I'm a voracious reader. I never got enough poetry under my belt growing up but I do read it - some of my favorites, Gina Franco and Angela Shaw and Cornelius Eady and Kevin Young, remind me daily that unless the words sing and dance, what's the use of putting them down on paper. Junot Diaz

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A connection between poetry and blindness is a classical trope. Justin Cartwright

Classical Poetry Between Blindness Connection

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet. Justin Townes Earle

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