For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it wasn't enough for me to... →
Lemon Andersen
Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced... →
Giles Andreae
I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.
Naveen Andrews
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy... →
Maya Angelou
Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber...... →
I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store... →
I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I... →
The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.
I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.