Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition.

I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories.

If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.

So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday.

I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting.

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.