Writing poetry is the hard manual labor Posted on June 20, 2011June 20, 2006 by admin “Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.” — Ishmael Reed Author: Ishmael Reed Category: poetry Tags: poetry, Ishmael Reed Spread the love Related posts: All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure