For two decades, I’ve maintained a list of quotes I like by poets, writers, and thinkers I find interesting. This post is part of that series. All posts in the series are organized alphabetically. Some poets and writers have their own dedicated pages.

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A poem is a poem. — A student in one of my poetry workshops

I am drawing more Christians. — A fifth-grade student from one of my poetry workshops

I don’t need sentences. — One of my third-grade students

I know I know what it is … but I … kind of … forgot. Could you remind me what poetry is again? — A student in one of my poetry workshops

I’ve seen the future; it’s scary. I’ve seen it in my dreams. — The same third-grade student

Poem by one of my third-grade students: There is a dog, / two more dogs. / Something that is black will / pop out, like the bird is / flying a kite.

Singsong singing. I look around: gerbil, hamster, hamster. — A fourth-grade student from one of my poetry workshops

omething bad happened to me when I was six. I still remember it. I’m ten now. — A student in one of my poetry workshops

The pen also includes the passages. — A fifth-grade student from one of my poetry workshop.

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These quotes are from the poetry classes I taught children when I lived in Walla Walla, Washington.