I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself.
Hmmm. I think a lot of people can write poems that are howls of anguish. I think I've probably written such things and then torn them up.
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.
My poetry is the most disappointing thing for me that I've ever written. When I say I can write everything, I don't say I can write everything well.
Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.
I find great consolation in having a lot of poetry books around. I believe that writing poetry and reading it are deeply intertwined. I've always delighted in the company of the poets I've read.
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.
I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.
For better or worse, poetry is my life.
Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.
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