Prepare yourself in such a way that you don't need to fix such things that comes in life

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

If they don&#39;t read, if they don&#39;t love reading; if they don&#39;t find themselves compulsively reading, I don&#39;t think they&#39;re really a writer.

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn&#39;t a person.

For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.

What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg&#39;s importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!

Have you ever heard a good joke? If you&#39;ve ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you&#39;re already on the way to poetry. It&#39;s about using words in very precise ways and using gesture.

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.

When we are touched by something it&#39;s as if we&#39;re being brushed by an angel&#39;s wings.

Rita Dove

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