But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial... →
Peter Davison
Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry... →
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with... →
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which... →
The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people... →
They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to... →
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because... →
Richard Dawkins
I love romantic poetry.
But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.
Jeffery Deaver
I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.