"Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry." ― Anne Stevenson Topic(s): Poetry More From Anne Stevenson "A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings – about human feelings and frailties." "I don’t like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were." "I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life – though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless." More In Poetry "It’s like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music."― Lenny Kravitz "It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse."― John Drinkwater "Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both."― Wilfred Owen