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title: "13 American Poets Quotes by 12 authors"
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> [American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/american-poets-celebrate-their-bodies-very-specifically-as-whitman-did/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

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> [I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-olson/i-defer-to-all-these-other-american-poets-who-for-some-reason-i-both/)

[Charles Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-olson/)

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> [Powell belongs, in fact to the first generation of American poets who may have grown up without even a vestigial connection to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-burt/powell-belongs-in-fact-to-the-first-generation-of-american-poets-who/)

[Stephen Burt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-burt/)

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> [I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hamill/i-think-a-lot-of-american-poets-are-swimming-pool-soviets-a-lot-of/)

[Sam Hamill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hamill/)

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> [“most of these American poets pushing and hustling their talents playing at greatness. poet (?): that word needs re- defining. when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/most-of-these-american-poets-pushing-and-hustling-their-talents/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [The way I mainly use the Internet is keeping in touch with poets that live far away. My main interest is contemporary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burnside/the-way-i-mainly-use-the-internet-is-keeping-in-touch-with-poets-that/)

[John Burnside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burnside/)

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> [I can't think offhand of any American poets who have Mandelstam's urgency, but it's a different country and a different time, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-wiman/i-can-t-think-offhand-of-any-american-poets-who-have-mandelstam-s/)

[Christian Wiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-wiman/)

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> [In pursuing certain virtues - colorful local effects, personae and personality, juxtaposition, close calls with nonsense, uncertainty, critiques of ordinary language -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-burt/in-pursuing-certain-virtues-colorful-local-effects-personae-and/)

[Stephen Burt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-burt/)

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> [I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-hacker/i-wonder-what-it-means-about-american-literary-culture-and-its/)

[Marilyn Hacker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-hacker/)

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> [Schoolchildren all over America are told to write to authors-often to authors whom they have never before heard of, whose work they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-aiken/schoolchildren-all-over-america-are-told-to-write-to-authors-often-to/)

[Conrad Aiken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-aiken/)

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> [Too many poets act like a middle-aged mother trying to get her kids to eat too much cooked meat, and potatoes with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-o-hara/too-many-poets-act-like-a-middle-aged-mother-trying-to-get-her-kids/)

[Frank O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-o-hara/)

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> [I love to publish new writers, and we do so consistently. But a lot of contemporary American poets sound alike to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-w-galassi/i-love-to-publish-new-writers-and-we-do-so-consistently-but-a-lot-of/)

[Jonathan W. Galassi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-w-galassi/)

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> [If you look at the Directory of American Poets and Writers, you know there are hundreds of poets in New York City.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-kooser/if-you-look-at-the-directory-of-american-poets-and-writers-you-know/)

[Ted Kooser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-kooser/)

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