“There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung.” WarYoungPoetrySongWorryTakenPoet Book:Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems Source: Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems
“The poet must be free to love or hate as the spirit moves him, free to change, free to be a chameleon, free to be an enfant terrible. He must above all never worry about this effect on other people.” PeopleMovingSpiritHateWorryEffectsPoetTerribleChameleonLove Or Hate Author:May Sarton
“Poets can't worry about popularity since loving life and humanity involves saying what some people don't want to hear.” PeopleWantLifeHumanityWorryPoetPopularityLoving Life Author:Vanna Bonta
“I write first drafts with only the good angel on my shoulder, the voice that approves of everything I write. This voice does'nt ask questions like, Is this good? Is this a poem? Are you a poet? I keep this voice at a distance, letting only the good angel whisper to me: Trust yourself. You can't worry a poem into existence.” WritingFirstsDoeAsksVoiceExistenceWorryPoetAngelDistanceShouldersTrust Yourself Author:Georgia Heard
“When I have a writing workshop, I like to have people that are anthropologists and people who are poking around in other fields, I like to have them all in the same workshop, and not worry about genre. I like to mix it up, because the kind of comments you can get from a fiction writer about your poetry are going to be very different than what you'll get from a poet. Or the comments you'll get from a filmmaker about your performance are going to be very different. My writing workshop is about mixing it up, cross-pollinating, not only in genres but in occupations.” PeopleWritingKindDifferentFictionWorryFieldsPoetCrossesPerformancesGenreFilmmakerOccupationCommentMixingWorkshopsFiction WritersAnthropologistsWriting WorkshopMixing It Up Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't worthy of the written word. But for me the urge toward poetry, that seductive feeling of being swept away by words, was enough for me to overcome that fear that my experiences weren't worthy of poetry itself.” EnoughFeelingsBigsYoungCitiesWorryWrittenPoetOvercomingTownsWorthyNativeUrgesImmigrantsUrbanSmall TownSuburbsSeductiveWritten WordBig CitiesSwept Away Author:Allison Joseph