Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.
Jim Morrison
Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
Viggo Mortensen
I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting exhibitions that... →
On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone... →
I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it... →
Samantha Morton
It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.
Walter Mosley
While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist... →
Andrew Motion
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... →
Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of... →