The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by... →
Robert Penn Warren
How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could... →
Roger Waters
I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
Tom Wesselmann
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
Ed Westwick
I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.
Merritt Wever
I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel... I sort of get very excited and fed by.
Ben Whishaw
Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and... →
Patrick White
I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.
Mae Whitman