I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican.
Stevie Smith
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be... →
So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what... →
Tracy K. Smith
Back then, I was an acoustically-oriented artist. Honestly, 'Poetry Man' wouldn't have been my first choice.
Phoebe Snow
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and... →
Socrates
This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was... →
Sonja Sohn
I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.
P. J. Soles
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to... →
Stephen Sondheim
I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was... →
Wole Soyinka
I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry could be put to music... →
Jordin Sparks