American poetry Quote by Allison Joseph

I didn't ever consider poetry the province exclusively of English and American literature and I discovered a great amount in reading Polish poetry and…

— Edward Hirsch

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

— Norman MacCaig

I do like Canadian poetry. Christian Bök, Anne Carson, Carmine Starnino, and Don McKay are a few of the Canadian poets whose work has…

— James Arthur

I know that in some ways I operate from a kind of antiquated interest in imagery, while many contemporary poets are not so interested…

— Martha Ronk

Poetry is difficult, I mean interesting poetry, not confessional babble or emotive propaganda. Reading a new poet is discovering an entire world, what Stevens…

— Simon Critchley

Poetry is like air. It's one of the necessary things. Everyone benefits from poetry. And as you know, poetry is international. There are only…

— Nikki Giovanni

I'd say people do need some help with poetry because I think poetry just helps takes us to places that Americans aren't always accustomed…

— Edward Hirsch

If the United States haven't grown poets, on any scale of grandeur, it is certain that they import, print, and read more poetry than…

— Walt Whitman

I think one of the things that distinguished my work from the beginning when I was in college was my turning towards poetry from…

— Edward Hirsch

If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language…

— Rita Dove

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English.

— Masiela Lusha