"I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it."
― Carol Ann Duffy
Topic(s):
Poetry
― Carol Ann Duffy
More From Carol Ann Duffy
- "Poetry and prayer are very similar."
- "The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience – anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form."
- "You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart."
More In Poetry
- "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits."― Carl Sandburg
- "The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it."― Robert Penn Warren
- "Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate."― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach