I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was... →
Gary Oldman
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
Mary Oliver
People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.
One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear.
You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.
Charles Olson
I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.
Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of... →
George Oppen
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.
One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up - the comfortable blue sky, the familiar world returning - I could... →
Alice Oswald
If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry and anyone else's.... →