“Children can write poetry and then, unless they’re poets, they stop when reach puberty.”– Dennis Potter Related Quotes “But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry – still.”– Ian Hamilton Finlay “I think I’m a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I’m not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn’t work and why.”– Diane Wakoski “Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.”– June Jordan