Poetry is not easy. Or should I say, real poetry is not easy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's not easy to define poetry.
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.
Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.
It's difficult to learn poems off by heart that don't rhyme.
There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps.
For better or worse, poetry is my life.
Poetry for me is very easy. It's like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem comes into my head, and I just have to go to the page, to the typewriter, to the computer or whatever and write it.
Great poetry does not have to be technically intricate.