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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

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.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.