“Poetry writing is an immensely personal experience. Many people don't realize a poem is an extension of the poet. Such is the attachment that reading a poem may be interpreted as voyeuristic. Even if a poet practices to be published, for money, or does so in private - we do so for ourselves. We write for ourselves, we publish for ourselves. Famous or not, a poet is a person. And every person has a different reality, and their art is shaped by that reality. So if you belittle anyone when you don't like their poetry because you prefer Plath, and you don't like Plath because you prefer Shakespeare, and you don't like Shakespeare because you prefer Bukowski, or Lang Leav, or Andrea Gibson, or Anonymous - that's okay. None of it was written for you in the first place.”
— Sade Andria Zabala, Thought Of The Day
Tagged: Poetry, Art, Literature, writer, Writing
Appears In: Writing Quotes, Quotes To Make You Smile
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