Ten Quotes by Female Poets for National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month, launched by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, reminds the public that poets play an integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Here are ten quotes by female poets to celebrate.

Ten Quotes by Women Poets

“We all move forward when
we recognize how resilient
and striking the women
around us are”
~Rupi Kaur

“Who so loves believes the impossible.”
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.”
~Christina Rossetti

“Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.”
~Gwendolyn Brooks

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
~Mary Oliver

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.

“Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for. It’s no coincidence that at the base of the Statue of Liberty, there is a poem.”
~Amanda Gorman

“We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.”
~Sarojini Naidu

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
~Maya Angelou

“Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments – its power is not in narrative. I’m not dealing with facts, I’m dealing with emotion.”
~Carol Ann Duffy

“Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.”
~Wislawa Szymborska

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Compiled by Erin Prather Stafford
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Second image courtesy Library of Congress

Ten Quotes by Women Poets

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