Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.
Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.
Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my head all the time. I still think the very greatest pleasure in life is to write a poem.
I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.
I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and giving it to someone else to unwrap. It just doesn't work like that.
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.
I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me.
When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.