Poetry Quotes

With contemporary poetry having approximately as many fans outside the immediate field as there are devotees of undergoing knee surgery, any sentient, breathing reader who's genuinely interested in poetry... not scared of it... seems a godsend. Amy Gerstler

Most people who write and publish poetry teach or do something else. Amy Gerstler

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I think it's really hard to move between genres, and I think, especially in Britain, we're very judgmental about it - me included. I know that when an actor comes out with some poetry or an album, I think, 'Oh crikey, what's this going to be like?' Andrea Riseborough

I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. Andrew Bird

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I'm not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and write poetry, but there is a pleasure in doing that sort of thing well. Andrew Motion

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry. Andrew Motion

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Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos. Andrew Motion

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I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. Anne Stevenson

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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. Anne Stevenson

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I've cancelled all my subscriptions to poetry magazines. I prefer to read the 'New Scientist.' Anne Stevenson

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I truly hate marketing promotions, and I don't at all approve of encouraging wannabe poets to write bad poetry. Anne Stevenson

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Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that women have often taken leading places - on the throne, in the battle-field, in politics, in literature, poetry, etc. Annie Besant

I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive. Anthony Hopkins

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I got scouted for modeling on the street. I'm such a tomboy - still am. I just never thought about modeling before, but I thought, 'Ooh, interesting, similar world, perhaps it's a way into something.' Then, I was on my third photo shoot ever, and Adam Leech from 'Downtown Abbey' saw me reading poetry and asked me to recite some. Anya Taylor-Joy

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I think there's a certain poetry to having your body reflect what you feel inside of you. Perhaps you have a feeling that's so pure, or overwhelming inside of you that your body disfigures to it - contortions match your confusion. Arca

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Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words. Archibald MacLeish

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world. Archibald MacLeish

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Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose. Aung San Suu Kyi

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