People say modernism killed poetry for them: it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't touch a popular musical oral tradition. Years ago, you memorized and read poetry; it was one of the things you were forced to learn. Now it has tiny… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
“Dawn 5am: the frogs ask what is it, what is it? It is what it is.” — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
Poems are language turned into art; sound and sense matter; they can be as long or longer than The Odyssey or as short or… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
The shape that poems make in the mind is an echo of something powerful in the cosmos. I do believe that, and that is… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
All of the arts are kin - music and sculpture and dance, those are wordless art forms. But poetry is defined by language. Of… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn't perfectly suited to accommodating such data, so… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
A poem employs both the sound and the sense of language, it treats words not just as signifiers but as a plastic medium of… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that poetry did. — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
People who publish poetry today do it from a sense that poetry needs to be published, not because they think they are going to… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
Poetry resonates differently in each culture; it doesn't in America. — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
