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> [I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there’s no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/i-exaggerate-i-oversimplify-i-generalize-but-there-s-no-cynicism-here/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

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> [American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/american-poetry-is-a-mess-long-live-american-poetry/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

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## Other authors on American poetry

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## More by David Biespiel

> [Because so many poets have chosen a political idiom right now in the US and so many poets have assigned value and inherent knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/because-so-many-poets-have-chosen-a-political-idiom-right-now-in-the/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [I think I did experience culture shock. When I first arrived in Boston, I was basically told to go home. "Homeboy" is what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/i-think-i-did-experience-culture-shock-when-i-first-arrived-in-boston/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [A writer's job is not complete without attention to precision. What you're trying to be precise about is your relationship to the observed thing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/a-writer-s-job-is-not-complete-without-attention-to-precision-what/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [Literary lineage is part of your autobiography. The authors are the literary base, the image base, the character base that you bring into your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/literary-lineage-is-part-of-your-autobiography-the-authors-are-the/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [I think that as poets, we can get away with stuff because we can ride on the melt of metaphor. We cover a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/i-think-that-as-poets-we-can-get-away-with-stuff-because-we-can-ride/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [Poetry is an art spoken, as if sung, in relation to other human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/poetry-is-an-art-spoken-as-if-sung-in-relation-to-other-human-beings/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [I'm not going to tell people how to write, but we do have a skill set, and the more we put ourselves out into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/i-m-not-going-to-tell-people-how-to-write-but-we-do-have-a-skill-set/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [For a long time, I saw writing prose as chewing rocks compared to the velocities of writing poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/for-a-long-time-i-saw-writing-prose-as-chewing-rocks-compared-to-the/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [Campion is a poet who knows that what a poet sees is nothing without a mixture of formal prowess and emotional insight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/campion-is-a-poet-who-knows-that-what-a-poet-sees-is-nothing-without/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there’s no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/i-exaggerate-i-oversimplify-i-generalize-but-there-s-no-cynicism-here/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/american-poetry-is-a-mess-long-live-american-poetry/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [My revision methods are chipping things away and moving them around and trying to get things right. I'm also open in my own writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/my-revision-methods-are-chipping-things-away-and-moving-them-around/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

> [There's not a big range in the political poetry of the last year, or not a political range. On the one hand, no poet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/there-s-not-a-big-range-in-the-political-poetry-of-the-last-year-or/)

[David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/)

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