The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.
Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.
No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it.
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
No bad man can be a good poet.