If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I often read poetry to 'warm up' before I write.
Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect to avoid the actual life before his eyes.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
I find that my reading, particularly nonfiction, can inspire a poem as well as anything else.
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far.
I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of limits of what I know and what I feel.
I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.
'Fire and Hemlock' is the reason I'm a writer.
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.