Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For better or worse, poetry is my life.
I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.
Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far so fast in such a small space; you've got to burn away all the peripherals.
Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.
Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.
Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.
Poetry is partly sympathy, don't you think? If it's any good, it gets people to think about others' points of view.
As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.