Quotes by Poet A poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet. Christian Morgenstern poet poetry men I'm drawn to this range, that's for sure, but I suppose the thing that most appeals to me about Mandelstam is the sense you get from every poem that everything - the poet's very soul - is at stake. Christian Wiman range poet soul Mandelstam is the sort of poet who comes along very, very rarely. Even the two Russian poets whose work is often linked with his - Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva - though their work is more "urgent" than most American poetry, seem to me to operate at a lesser charge than Mandelstam. Christian Wiman anna poet two I want to be a poet. I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore. Christina Aguilera poet bottles want Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet. Clarence Darrow wrecks lawyer poet No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet. Claude Monet great-poet painter poet The kind of poetry to avoid in the pretty-pretty kind that pleased our grandmothers, the kind that Longfellow and Tennyson, good poets at their best, wrote at their worst. Clifton Fadiman grandmother poet kind The great thing about living until you get a bit older if you are a writer, and especially a poet, is that you have more life to reflect on. And I think that if I am better now - and I think that I am probably better than I was - is because that I simply have more to think about, more to get under control, more to understand. Clive James great-things poet thinking Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam. Conor Oberst cry poet sleep For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo. Cornel West tone musician poet If I am going to be a poet at all, I am going to be POET and not NEGRO POET. Countee Cullen poet ifs Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:/ To make a poet black, and bid him sing! Countee Cullen curious poet black A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. Criss Jami poet pain should When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened. Criss Jami poet sides inspirational Poets arguing about modern poetry: jackals snarling over a dried-up well. Cyril Connolly modern poet arguing I treat myself as one of the sources. And, again, I think that’s accurate. One of the poets I read most frequently is myself. I really do. I read my own poems obsessively. Dan Chiasson poet thinking Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss. Dan Quisenberry poet loss jobs Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become. Dan Simmons mad poet reality Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones. Dana Gioia empires modern poet In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension. Dana Gioia poet social america «23456789101112»