Quotes About Communication

I wouldn't be very happy if a poet read what I had written and said, 'What a peculiar thing to say about this work of mine.'

The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

If you want to be a poet, you can just write it on a napkin, and it's the length of the napkin, I guess. But usually you decide you'll rhyme it, or you'll have a formula. In radio, that's something called, 'Close your eyes and listen.'

I've always had the wish, the need, and the obsession to become a public poet.

I am a poet, and I speak poetically.

Anyone who holds a pen these days thinks he or she is a poet.

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.

I saw an e-mail from one guy who's about 23 to one of peers. His parting sign-off was 'Don't let the bedbugs bite.' Now that's really poetic.

The object of poetic activity is essentially language: whatever his beliefs and convictions, the poet is more concerned with words than with what these words designate.

When you are romancing a woman in a relationship, it should be poetic. It should have layers.

I may not be poetic but i'd love to write songs that convey my true feelings.

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it's always been the language of bridges.

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?

Poetry is what we do to break bread with the dead.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

I believe that poetry should communicate.

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.