Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
John Keats
When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel... →
Caroline Kennedy
The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.
I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that... →
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of... →
John F. Kennedy
I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether... →
Hannah Kent
I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I... →
John F. Kerry
Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.
Eli Khamarov
I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
Irrfan Khan