Deals Quote by Andre Naffis-Sahely

All poetry is political, to some degree.

— Mike Young

I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part…

— Yehuda Amichai

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

— June Jordan

I always thought that writing poetry was in itself a political act.

— John Ashbery

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point…

— Diane Wakoski

There are poets who believe that you shouldn't engage at all in any cause. And there's something to be said for that. Because you…

— W. S. Merwin

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

— Howard Nemerov

Political poetry is more profoundly emotional than any other-at least as much as love poetry-and cannot be forced because then it becomes vulgar and…

— Pablo Neruda

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

— Kenneth Koch

To be a political poet means simply to be a poet, and any poet worth their salt will be a political animal in their…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

Let me just say that the politics that I have are never the politics of poetics. I am not interested in politics. Politically, I…

— Lucie Brock-Broido

Political means so many things. We are political willy-nilly. Political poetry is an easy invitation to disaster. But then so is love poetry. But…

— Gerald Stern