Poetry : (44)

" I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem. " - Carol Ann Duffy

" But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it. " - Ian Hamilton Finlay

" I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem. " - Bernardo Bertolucci

" Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O’Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. " - Russell Baker

" I really like Pat Parker. I really like Audre Lorde. I read a lot of the Beats when I was younger, so Diane di Prima, Gary Snyder. I’ve been discovering a lot more modern poems as well. " - Arlo Parks

" I began to write in an enclosed, self-confident literary culture. The poet’s life stood in a burnished light in the Ireland of that time. Poets were still poor, had little sponsored work, and could not depend on a sympathetic reaction to their poetry. But the idea of the poet was honored. " - Eavan Boland

" I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator. " - Allen Ginsberg

" My poems tend to be more celebratory and lyrical, and the novels so far pretty dark. Poetry doesn’t seem to me to be an appropriate tool for exploring that. " - John Burnside

" Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation. " - Kenneth Koch

" You’re in high school, and you’re telling your friends that you’re skipping lunch to go write poetry, and they were all questioning my sexuality. " - Dave Franco